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BISHOP, Francis Sydney

Service Number:	6413
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Moonta, South Australia, Australia, 28 May 1884
Home Town:	Round Hill, Moora, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot X, Row B, Grave No. 6, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moora WWI Honour Wall, Moora War Memorial

World War 1 Service

23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 6413, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 6413, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Fremantle
25 Apr 1918:	Involvement Private, 6413, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6413 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-25

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Biography

Service medals British War Medal, Victory Medal