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Clarence Roy Campbell BISHOP

Regimental number5311
Date of birth5 March 1895
Place of birthNorton's Summit, South Australia
SchoolNorton's Summit School and Muirden College, South Australia
ReligionBaptist
OccupationGardener
AddressNorton's Summit, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Harriet Bishop, Norton's Summit, South Australia
Previous military service79th Infantry
Enlistment date22 May 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 12 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 7 June 1918
Discharge date25 October 1918
Family/military connectionsCousins: 235 Corporal Alfred Norman BISHOP, 43rd Bn, killed in action, 4 October 1917; 249 Driver Lloyd Allan BISHOP, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 24 August 1918; 1177 Pte Walter Lewis BISHOP, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, died of wounds, 23 September 1917.~
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, Belgium, 20 September 1917 (eye); transferred to England, October 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Essex', 7 June 1918; discharged, 25 October 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death25 August 1980
Age at death85
Place of burialEnfield Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia

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