BISSET , Eric Simson
| Service Number: | 4751 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 December 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 25 October 1888 |
| Home Town: | Golden Square, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Golden Square State School |
| Occupation: | Chemist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Somme, France, 14 November 1916, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 14 Mar 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 4751, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' |
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| 14 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4751, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4751, 46th Infantry Battalion |
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"...4751 Private Eric Simson Bisset, 46th Battalion from Murrumbeena, Victoria. A 27 year old chemist prior to enlisting on 16 December 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 15th Reinforcements of the 14th Battalion from Melbourne on 14 March 1916 aboard HMAT Anchises. Following further training and a period of illness in Egypt, he proceeded to France where he transferred to the 53rd Battalion and then to the 46th Battalion. Pte Bisset was killed in action near Guerdecourt on 14 November 1916 and is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France with others who have no known grave. His younger brother 22919 Driver Alan Ecila Longmore Bisset, 7th Field Artillery Brigade was killed in action on 20 October 1917 in Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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