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| Bonham Ward Bax R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Henry Bonham Bax (1798-1869) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 9 July 1837 | Born (Kensington Green, London, England) | ||
| 15 March 1869 | Married (at Totnes, Devon, England) Emily Harris, (c1842-1932), daughter of Thomas Williams Nesham (1806-1868) | ||
| 1875 | Wrote 'The Eastern Seas; being a narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. 'Dwarf' in China, Japan and Formosa, with a description of the coast of Russian Tartary and Eastern Siberia, from the Corea ro the River Amur' | ||
| 15 July 1877 | Died (of dysentery at Nagasaki, Japan) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 2 March 1858 | Lieutenant | ||
| 14 September 1867 | Commander | ||
| 2 August 1875 | Captain | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 4 March 1859 | Lieutenant in Orion, commanded by John James Bartholomew Edward Frere, Mediterranean | ||
| 21 December 1861 | Lieutenant in Vigilant, commanded by John William Pike, Channel squadron | ||
| 10 June 1869 | Commander (2ic) in Hector, commanded by Algernon Frederick Rous De Horsey, coast guard, Southampton | ||
| 18 July 1871 | December 1874 | Commander in Dwarf (from commissioning at Hong Kong), China | |
| 27 November 1876 | 15 July 1877 | Captain in Sylvia (from commissioning at Hong Kong), surveying, China station (until Bax died of dysentery at Nagasaki, Japan) | |
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