William John BISHOP

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Service Numbers:	4136, 4136A
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Home Town:	Toora, South Gippsland, Victoria
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 21 August 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

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29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4136, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4136, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
21 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 4136A, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4136A awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-21

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