Rupert
James
Bond
M.M.
Born in Auckland, New Zealand
Son of Stephen Bond
and Jane Madeline (Roche) Bond
Brother of
Ada Emma (Bond) Beale, Ethel Eva Bond, Wilfred Francis Bond, Percival Stephen Bond, William Clifton Bond and Victor Roche Bond
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 24
in Messines, Belgium
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Sep 2016
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Rupert Bond M.M. is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Biography
father : S. Bond; Symonds Street Auckland
BOND, Rupert James - WW1 2/573 - Army [1] served with the 13th Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
Awarded the Military Medal on the 27th October 1916 for gallantry in the field.
Killed during the Battle of Messines, an offensive on the Western Front near the village of Messines in West Flanders, Belgium; preliminary to the offensive at Passchendaele.
- New Zealand Herald 3rd July 1917 page 6 [2]
- Corporal Rupert James Bond, killed in action on June 13th, was the fourth son of Mr. S. Bond of Lower Symonds Street (Auckland).
- Corporal Bond was born at Ellerslie (Auckland) 25 years ago, and was educated at the Te Awamutu and Parnell schools and Auckland Grammar School. He then joined the Northern Shipping Company's staff, and was the first to enlist from that company's office.
- He saw service as a member of the Main Body with his battery in Egypt. He was for some days off Gallipoli, but he had to return to Egypt with the horses and guns without landing. He was transferred to France with the artillery, and was in several engagements there, and after the Battle of the Somme was awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous bravery in the field.
- Corporal Bond took a prominent part in athletics. He was a member of the Auckland Rowing Club and University Hockey Club, and was successful as an amateur runner. His brothers. Captain Victor Bond and Bombardier William Bond, are still at the front.
Burial
- La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Belgium
- cemetery reference: IV. E. 4.
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