Gordon BISHOP

Regimental number1215
Place of birthSerpentine, Western Australia
SchoolMundijong State School, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWoodworking machinist
AddressRailway Street, Queen's Park, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Bishop, Railway Street, Queen's Park, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets, Western Australia
Enlistment date19 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name32nd Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A13 Katuna on 24 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 August 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Date of death30 August 1918
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 58), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
119
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Albert and Margaret BISHOP, Ansty Street, Mundijong, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1897 Sergeant Frederick James BISHOP, 32nd Bn, killed in action, Hamel, France, 23 June 1918; another brother, returned to Australia, gassed.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal