Accession Number | P09042.001 |
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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 |
Informal portrait of 21977 Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) John Albert "Chesty" Bond, Royal ...
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.