Son of William Henry and Millicent Daisy Maude Bond, of Clare, South Australia; husband of Dorothy Janet Bond, of Jervois, South Australia.
Service Number: SX4569
Enlisted: 6 June 1940, Wayville, SA
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Hometown: Clare, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia
Schooling: Clare School, South Australia
Occupation: Station hand on the Koonoona Station
Died: Killed in Action, Papua, 1 December 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea, Plot B5, Row F, Grave 6.
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Black Springs WW2 Honour Roll, Clare Memorial Row of Trees, Clare WW2 Memorial Gates, Clare and District WW2 Roll of Honour
Enlisted 6 June 1940. The 2nd/27th Battalion embarked for the Middle East as part of the 7th Division.
Its major engagement was 'Operation Exporter' the invasion of Syria at that time held by the Vichy French in June 1941.
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour and the Malayan Peninsula, the 6th and 7th Divisions were brought home in early 1942.
By late July the fight for what became known as the Kokoda Track began, with the Japanese advance initially being held by several poorly equipped but stoic militia battalions.
The 7th Division relieved the spent militiamen, but instantly found that the war in New Guinea was very different to the one they had been fighting in the Middle East.
The campaign had been won by December 1942, but the fight had moved to the northern beaches Buna Gona and Sananda, from where the Japanese needed to be cleared. It was during this phase of the operation that Private Douglas Bond was killed in action.
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Son of William Henry and Millicent Daisy Maude Bond, of Clare, South Australia; husband of Dorothy Janet Bond, of Jervois, South Australia.
Service Number: SX4569
Enlisted: 6 June 1940, Wayville, SA
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Hometown: Clare, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia
Schooling: Clare School, South Australia
Occupation: Station hand on the Koonoona Station
Died: Killed in Action, Papua, 1 December 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea, Plot B5, Row F, Grave 6.
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Black Springs WW2 Honour Roll, Clare Memorial Row of Trees, Clare WW2 Memorial Gates, Clare and District WW2 Roll of Honour
Enlisted 6 June 1940. The 2nd/27th Battalion embarked for the Middle East as part of the 7th Division.
Its major engagement was 'Operation Exporter' the invasion of Syria at that time held by the Vichy French in June 1941.
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour and the Malayan Peninsula, the 6th and 7th Divisions were brought home in early 1942.
By late July the fight for what became known as the Kokoda Track began, with the Japanese advance initially being held by several poorly equipped but stoic militia battalions.
The 7th Division relieved the spent militiamen, but instantly found that the war in New Guinea was very different to the one they had been fighting in the Middle East.
The campaign had been won by December 1942, but the fight had moved to the northern beaches Buna Gona and Sananda, from where the Japanese needed to be cleared. It was during this phase of the operation that Private Douglas Bond was killed in action.
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