BISSON, William Alexander
| Service Number: | 1283 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 February 1916, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Otago, New Zealand, February 1876 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, Carrington, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Boatman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 5 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium Strand Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 12), Ploegsteert, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newcastle (Gardner Memorial) War Memorial, Rozelle Department of Navigation Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1283, 36th Infantry Battalion, Newcastle, New South Wales | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1283, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 5 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1283, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1283 awm_unit: 36th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Australia and New Zealand in WWI
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
103 years ago today, on the 5th June 1917, Private William Alexander Bisson, 36th Battalion, boatman (Pilot Service, Newcastle, N.S.W.), from 16 Pilot Terrace, Newcastle East, New South Wales, father of two, Alexander and Edith, was killed in action at Messines, Belgium, age 41.
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1653592/
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Born at Naseby, Otago, New Zealand 1876 to William and Violet Robina Bisson; husband of Eliza Crighton Bisson nee Scott (married 1901, died 1951) of "Naseby", Church Street, Stockton, N.S.W., (34 years a widow, name inscribed on headstone almost unreadable), William enlisted February 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
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Resting at the Strand Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot II Row E Grave 12 – headstone photo courtesy of Eddy Lin, Belgium.
Mr Bisson’s name has been inscribed on the Newcastle Navigation Department Honor Roll, NSW Government - Department of Navigation, Navigation Department, St. Phillip's Presbyterian Church (Newcastle) Roll of Honour - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134866843, St. Phillip's Presbyterian Church (Newcastle) Memorial Tablets, Gardner Memorial, Newcastle Lodge-Grand United Order of Druids Roll of Honour - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162587351, Newcastle Lodge No. 423 Ancient Order of Druids Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Memorialised at Eliza’s gravesite. PRESBYTERIAN-23SE. 66.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=462505#2
Lest We Forget.
Biography
Arrived in Australia aged 7 years
36 Battalion
Rank - Private
Disembarked Devonport, England, 9 July 1916.
Proceeded overseas to France, 22 November 1917
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of William and Robina Bisson; husband of Eliza Crighton Bisson, of "Naseby" Church St., Stockton, New South Wales. Native of Naseby, New Zealand.
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