LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant George Robert BOND
Service No: 8327
Born: Geelong VIC, 27 August 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 29 January 1940
Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit
Died: Illness, Heidelberg VIC, 19 March 1945, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Albury War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Simon Jewell Bond and Elenor Bond; husband of Madeline Marcia Bond, of Orange
Roll of Honour: Orange NSW
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 30 January 1944, Flight Sergeant Bond, a Fitter Armourer, was admitted to No. 4 RAAF Hospital, seriously ill with pulmonary tuberculosis. On 27 August 1944 he was transferred to No. 115 (Heidelberg) Military Hospital dangerously ill and he died at 0630 hours on 19 March 1945.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/6/414