Salwyn Teignmouth BISHOP

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BISHOP, Salwyn Teignmouth

Service Number:	15421
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Field Company Engineers
Born:	London, England, 1892
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne C of E Grammar School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	2 December 1980, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Banksia, Wall K, Niche 214
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World War 1 Service

7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 15421, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 15421, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Son of Archdeacon George Nickells, Bishop, Kyneton, Victoria

S. T. BISHOP, being in Ceylon at outbreak of war, joined up with the Ceylon Engineers in April 1915 and took part in the suppression of
the riots in Ceylon. He left Ceylon in November 1915, and having returned to Australia enlisted in A.I.F. on 29th February, embarking as Lance-Corporal in Engineer reinforcements on 7th October 1916.

He was transferred to 6th Field Co. Engineers as Sapper, and having taken part in operations in France returned to Australia on 27th December 1918 and was discharged on 27th February 1919.

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