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Geoffrey Howard BISHOP

Regimental number31521
Place of birthPort Lincoln, South Australia
SchoolPort Lincoln State School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressPort Lincoln, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, J K Bishop, Port Lincoln, South Australia
Enlistment date18 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column 3, Reinforcement 7
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/91/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of pneumonia, 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, France
FateDied of disease 21 November 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death21 November 1917
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialTrois-Arbres-Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 18), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
15
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in North Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia. Parents: Joseph K and Ethela P. BISHOP, Port Lincoln, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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