Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: John Bond
Ancestor's date of birth: 1855
Ancestor's date of death: Detail not provided
Cause of Death: Detail not provided
Service Number: Warrant officer - no number
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Sydney
Unit: NSW Army Medical Corps
Rank attained in Boer War: WO, Date Effective: Detail not provided
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): :MAJ, Date Effective: 01/11/1919
Murray Page: 22
Contingent: First New South Wales
Ship: :Kent, Date of Sailing:: 28/10/1899
Memorial details: Waverley Cemetery, Sydney
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Free State, and Transvaal clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: December 1899 - December 1900 in Cape Colony, Free State, and Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: One of the designers of the original surf reel. A pioneering member of both Bronte SLSC and Bondi SBLSC. Was an influential instructor, instructing one of the associations first bronze medallion squads. CLICK HERE for more detail on the life of John Bond and his association with Surf Life Saving.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Gina Turner, WATSONS BAY NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great granddaughterName of Descendant: Stan Vesper, Bronte NSW -
Relationship to Ancestor: Great nephewName of Descendant: Lawrence Yeomans, Oatley NSW -
Relationship to Ancestor: Great nephewName of Descendant: Vickie Scott, Downer NSW -
Relationship to Ancestor: Great niece
