Herbert Job Bonner MM

Rank:

Corporal

Regimental number:

164034

Unit at enlistment:

84th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Awards or decorations:

Military Medal

Commemorated at:

St. John's Anglican Church, Brantford Congregational Church PSA Brotherhood

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Surrey

Birth city:

Witley

Address at enlistment:

Mt. Pleasant Road, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Witley, Surrey, England

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Gallantry medals:

Yes

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Letters and documents

London Gazette: 31512
Date: August 20, 1919
Honour or Award: Military Medal
Name: Herbert Job Bonner (164034)
Unit: 75th Battalion

BX April 22, 1919

Military Medal for Local Man – Lance Corporal Herbert Job Bonner Well Known Local Soccer Player

Lance Corporal Herbert John Bonner formerly a well-known member of the Brantford Football Club, has won the Military Medal. The Surrey Advertiser of recent date recorded.

Lance Corporal Herbert J. Bonner, son of Mr. G. Bonner of Culmer, Witley, has been awarded the Military Medal for continuous good service in France and for acts of bravery on the field. “Jobey,” as he was popularly known in Witley, was at one time a prominent playing member of the Witley cricket and football clubs. Emigrating to Canada six years ago, he continued to take an active interest in sport, and was a member of the Brantford Football Club. On the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the Brant Dragoons, but was transferred to the 84thCanadian Infantry Battalion, and afterwards to the 75th Battalion, with which he has seen considerable service in France. The officer commanding L.-Corp. Bonner’s battalion, in a letter to Mr. G. Bonner, says: “I do not know of any decoration which has come to the battalion which was given such universal satisfaction as this one. Your son has on many occasions demonstrated his disregard for personal safety [?].

BX October 20, 1967

Herbert Job Bonner

Herbert Job Bonner, 74, of 254 Grand River Avenue, died today in the Brantford General Hospital. He was born in Witley, Surrey, England, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Bonner, and had lived in Brantford since coming to Canada in 1912. Mr. Bonner had been employed as caretaker at the Brantford Collegiate Institute for 30 years, retiring in 1959. A veteran of the First World War, Mr. Bonner served overseas with the 75th Battalion and was awarded the Military Medal for outstanding bravery in France. He was a member of the Anglican Church. Surviving are two sons, Herbert John (Jack) of Brantford, George William with the Canadian Forces in Winnipeg; one daughter, Mrs. Douglas (Helen Mary) Smith of Brantford; 12 grandchildren; and several brothers and sisters in England. His wife, the former May Dove, died in 1957. Mr. Bonner will be at the McCleister Funeral Home from noon Saturday until Monday for service at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery with Rev. C.V. Tomkins of St. John’s Anglican Church officiating.