BISHOP, Ernest
| Service Number: | WX12854 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 14 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | York, Western Australia, 5 December 1906 |
| Home Town: | Wooroloo, Mundaring, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Moora, Western Australia, 19 August 1973, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northam Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 14 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX12854 | |
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| 6 Feb 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX12854 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Ernest was the ninth 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 as a Labourer on construction of the railway line from Clackline to Spencer's Brook, and later was a Farmer in Qualen and Greenhills.
Ernest was a Stockman in Worroloo, WA when he enlisted in the Australian Army in May 1941. He was a Private (Service No:WX12854) attached to 16 Small Ship Coy when he was Discharged in February 1946.
Ernest worked in the Mullewa/Perenjori Region as a Stockman - at Bunjil and Moora. He died in 1973.