Veteran Notes/Bio
(1895-), 21 yrs, 5’7”, 132lb, fair, grey eyes, fair hair
teacher Bondi, born Towong, father Andrew
Bondi, service no.470, enlisted Sydney 5.1.16, 36th Bn, 3rd Div; Belgium, Messines, Passchendaele, Villers-Bretonneux, etc.
Embarked in Sydney 13.5.16 on HMAT 'Beltana'.
Wounded twice in Belgium; lost right arm.
Lncpl. & sgt.
The Hickey brothers attended Mt Elliott School. Their father, Andrew snr, came to the mountain as a gold seeker. They lived at Mt Elliott and, after the war, Andrew may have bought Edwin Scammell’s at Khancoban and then a soldier settler block at Upper Towong, but he left the area for Wangaratta in the '20s.
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