Herbert BISHOP

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Service Number:	656
Enlisted:	2 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Weymouth, England, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Cerebral haemorrhage, Egypt, 22 January 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery B 146
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

2 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 656, 12th Infantry Battalion, Morphettville, South Australia
17 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 656, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
17 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 656, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne

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Had prviously served 13 years in the Welsh Regiment, British Army which included 10 years in India and 3 years in Plymouth and at Pembroke Dock.