Regimental number | 1177 |
Place of birth | Port Pirie, South Australia |
School | Basket Range Public School, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Gardener |
Address | Basket Range, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs. Eva Bishop, Basket Range, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 9th Light Horse Regiment, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/14/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Messines, Belgium |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Bologne Eastern Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row I, Grave No. 37), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 12 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Arthur Wells and Eva Dunstan BISHOP, Waikerie, Murray River, South Australia. Native of Port Pirie, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 235 Sergeant Alfred Norman BISHOP, 43rd Bn, kiiled in action, Hill 40, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Belgium, 4 October 1917; 249 Pte Lloyd Allan BISHOP, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia. |