BISHOP, Stanley
| Service Number: | 5791 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dalston, London, England, May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | SWs Back, Chest and buttocks, 17th Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, 27 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXIV, Row D, Grave No. 11A, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5791, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5791, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5791, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5791, 17th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, SWs back, chest and buttocks - severe DoW 17th Casualty Clearing Station |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Ian Fletcher, 17th Battalion A.I.F.
5791 Pte. Stanley Bishop of the 17th Battalion A.I.F. was one of the 50 men from that Battalion who volunteered for stretcher duties during the battle of Polygon Wood, the 17th had been relieved after the capture of Garter Point during the Battle of the Menin Road a few days previous and at that time were back in Ypres.
Stanley was badly wounded and was stretchered out later to die of his wounds and now rests in Lijssenthouk Military Cemetery.
How many of the other men who were Killed, Wounded or Missing I've yet to find, but Stanley represents them all 17th Battalion A.I.F, 'Not Forgotten'
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