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Herbert BISHOP

Regimental number656
Place of birthWeymouth, England
ReligionProtestant
OccupationClerk
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation40
Height5' 6.5"
Weight152 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs F G Spinner, Frontmell, Auckland Road, Ilford, London, England
Enlistment date2 September 1914
Place of enlistmentMorphettville, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name12th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of illness 22 January 1915
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 146), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
65
Other details

War service: Egypt

Died of cerebral haemorrhage), 20 January 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsServed for 13 years in the Welsh Regiment, British Army (10 years in India; 3 years in Plymouth and at Pembroke Dock).
SourcesNAA: B2455, BISHOP Herbert

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