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| Name | BOND – James |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 17th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 697 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 28th May 1828/18 years/ Nottingham England Framework Knitter |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 11 in Dark / Grey / Sandy / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | New South Wales – 5 years 4 months East Indies (including Afghanistan 1838-1840) – 10 years 11 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 123 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 25 September 1849 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | 1st Afghan War Medal for Ghuznee |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Leicester England |
| Pension Districts | 1849 Leicester 1850 Western Australia 1860-1875 Victoria (tentative) |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 4th March 1850 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SCINDIAN 1st June 1850 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1810 Hinckley Leicestershire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | Did not marry |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not applicable |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not applicable |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not applicable |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not applicable |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer (Perth WA) Wednesday 17th March 1852 page 2 shipping list Evergreen |
| Departure from Western Australia | Left during 1852 after being struck off for desertion from Convict Guard not clear where he went after leaving Western Australia, but his pension resumed in Victoria in 1860 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not applicable |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 James Bond 697 Private 17th Foot location Colaba (India) Served in the campaign in Afghanistan 1838-1840. Present at the storming and capture of the fortress of Ghuznee 3rd July 1839 and of the Kelat 13th November 1839. Discharge due to chronic rheumatism On 20th January 1850 the Staff Officer Leicester was directed to send James bond to London by rail and ‘hense to London Bridge and to take the boat or rail to Gravesend and to take his luggage with him on the same train’. After the arrival of the Scindian at Fremantle Captain Henderson wrote a report listing the rank name, trade or calling, rate of pension, date of enlistment for 5 months service, marital status, and number of children for each pensioner. Sometimes the trade of calling differed from that recorded at the time of attestation. Private James Bond, farm labourer, 1/-, 21st January, single In March 1852 James Bond applied to Captain Bruce for permission to leave the Colony for Port Philip having been refused a transfer he subsequently left the Colony without leave. Bond being a single man had no passage money to repay. He was struck off for desertion from the Enrolled Force and stripped of his Good Conduct Badge. When his pension was resumed in 1860 he was paid six years arrears of pension and his Good Conduct badge restored of which he had been deprived in 1852 Last mention is a pension payment in Melbourne, Victoria in 1875 |