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BISHOP, Samuel Richard
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 768, 814 |
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Enlisted: | 20 September 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Maryborough, Victoria, 1870 |
Home Town: | Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
Schooling: | Maryborough Public School |
Occupation: | Coach builder |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Maryborough War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 768, Helena Vale, Western Australia | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 768, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 768, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 814, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
10 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 814, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 814 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-08-10 |
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4506 Pte. Albert John Hancock (/explore/people/351424), 57th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action, Belgium 14 Oct 1917
901 Lce.-Cpl. Arthur James Bishop Hancock (/explore/people/276000), 38th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action, Belgium 13 Oct 1917