BISHOP, Frank Hepburn
| Service Number: | 2645 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 December 1917, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Daylesford, Victoria, 14 September 1881 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Pulmonary Consumption (TB), Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, 17 September 1919, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warringal Cemetery, Victoria Grave Reference - Pres. BB 5 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kew War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Dec 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne | |
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| 2 Feb 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2645, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2645, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
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Frank (Franklin) Hepburn BISHOP was born on 14th September, 1881 in Daylesford, Victoria
His parents were William BISHOP and Margaret Susan TILLEY
He married Ella May FIELD in 1911 in Victoria and had two children, Nancy Gwendoline & Ralph Montague
Frank had previous service with the Volunteer New Zealand Rifles for 3 years before enlisted on 11th December, 1917 with the Australian Army - he was with the 13th Light Horse Regiment, 23rd Reinforcements - Unit embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Wiltshire on 2nd February, 1918
He was invalided back to Australia on 1st March, 1918 on the ship Wiltshire and disembarked 2nd February , 1918 & admitted to Macleod Sanitorium on 22nd March, 1918 - he was transferred to Austin Hospital Repatriation Ward on 1st July, 1919 - discharged from Army on 24th October, 1918
Frank died on 17th September, 1919 at Austin Hospital, Heidleberg, Victoria from Pulmonary Consumption (TB) and is buried in Warringal Cemetery (Heidleberg, Victoria) He is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial
He was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal.
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The Argus, Melbourne, 18th September 1919
BISHOP.- On the 17th September, Frank Hepburn (Late A.I.F.) eldest son of the late William & Margaret Bishop, Echuca, loved brother of Robert (late A.I.F.) the late William ( A.I.F.), John (A.I.F.) and Bessie, Ethel, Linda and Ailsa of 135 Chapel St and Caulfield, aged 39 years (Private internment)
The Argus Melbourne - 22nd September 1919
BISHOP.- On the 17th September at Military Hospital, Frank H. husband of E. M. Bishop (nee May Field) and father of Nancy and Monty, aged 39 years. "Ardlui" Wrixon St. East Kew.
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