Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

15/06/1942

Date of Discharge

30/09/1945

Place of Enlistment

Canberra ACT

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

07/03/1894

Place of Birth

Sydney NSW

Address (at enlistment)

Queanbeyan NSW (previously Charnwood ACT 1922-1930)

Next of Kin

Edith Bondfield (wife), Queanbeyan NSW

Service Number

N394224

Final Rank

Private

Final Unit

21 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps Part Time Duty

Bondfield was a World War 1 veteran of Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine who became a soldier settler at Charnwood in 1922. He married Edith Wright, the grand daughter of James Wright who established 'Lanyon' in the 1830s, in 1922 and captained the Hall rugby league team to a premiership in 1927. He sold his property in 1930 and moved to Queanbeyan. Although the nominal roll gives his place of birth as Queanbeyan, Bondfield was born in Sydney in 1894. Bondfield Street in Gungahlin is named after him.

WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
Lyall Gillespie, 'Ginninderra - Forerunner to Canberra', 1992
ACT Archives - TL107 Block 7 Belconnen Eric Bondfield
ACT Planning - http://apps.actpla.act.gov.au/actlic/places/search/originsSearch_new.htm