BISHOP, Jesse Gerald
| Service Number: | 3406 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Green Hills, Western Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Greenhills, York, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Greenhills State School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), York District Great War Honour Board, York War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3406, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 1 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3406, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3406, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Benalla, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
He was only 17 years old at time of death.
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Jesse was the fourth of twelve children of Charles Jesse Bishop (b1869 in Northam, WA) and Hannah Burton (b1875 in York, WA). Charles (a Labourer) and Hannah married in 1892 in York, WA where they resided most of their lives. Charles worked on construction of the railway line from Clackline to Spencer's Brook, and later was a Farmer in Greenhills and Qualen.
Jesse was a Farm Hand working on the family farm in Greenhills when he enlisted in the AIF in August 1915. He served as a Private (Service No:3406) with 16th Infantry Battalion and Disembarked at Marseilles, France from HMT Canada on 9 June 1916. Jesse was declared Missing in action at the Battle of Pozieres on 6 August 1916, and declared KiA on 8 August. To his mother's distress, no personal belongings or ket were ever recovered.