Informal portrait of 21977 Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) John Albert "Chesty" Bond, Royal ...

Accession Number P09042.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1969
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright unknown - orphaned work

Description

Informal portrait of 21977 Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) John Albert "Chesty" Bond, Royal Australian Armoured Corps, of Willoughby, NSW. WO2 Bond was killed in action near Lang-Vei, South Vietnam, on 25 April 1969. At the time of his death he was attached to a US Army task force and was posthumously awarded the US Bronze Star. WO2 Bond was 40 years of age.