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Norman Robert Charles BISCHOFF

Regimental number4986
Place of birthMount Templeton, South Australia
SchoolFremantle Boys' School, WA
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressSpearwood, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Charles Henry August Bischoff, Edline Street, Spearwood via Fremantle, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll23 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 18 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 January 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Norman Robert
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death10 January 1917
Age at death23.2
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialGuards' Cemetery (Plot X, Row I, Grave No. 10), Lesboeufs, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
112
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles August and Christina BISCHOFF, Edeline Street, Separwood, Western Australia. Native of South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4463 Pte Walter Samuel BISCHOFF, 11th Bn, died of wounds, France, 30 April 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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