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BISHOP, Richard Arthur
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | NX128908, NX128908 (N250370) |
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Enlisted: | 28 July 1942 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
Born: | Summer Hill, New South Wales, 7 December 1908 |
Home Town: | Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Salesman |
Died: | Illness, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 August 1943, aged 34 years |
Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld (DVA) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: ANZ-7-75-23, ANZAC Portion 7/Section 75/Grave 23., Lutwyche Cemetery, Lutwyche, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
28 Jul 1942: | Involvement Corporal, NX128908 (N250370), 2nd/4th Ordnance Ammunition Company, (NAA, Pg-1) | |
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28 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX128908, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) | |
28 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Corporal, NX128908 (N250370), 2nd/4th Ordnance Ammunition Company, Castle Hill, NSW, Australia | |
19 Jul 1943: | Involvement Corporal, NX128908 (N250370), Australian Army Service Corps AIF, Involved: 19/07/1943, Specifically involved with these Units: 129, & 160 General Transport Company; Until eventual death: 17/08/1943, 3 A.G.H - Brisbane, Qld; (NAA, Pg's-2, 5). | |
19 Jul 1943: | Transferred Corporal, Australian Army Service Corps AIF, Transferred: 19/07/1943, Specifically Unit: *129 General Transport Company*; (NAA, Pg-2). | |
6 Aug 1943: | Transferred Corporal, Australian Army Service Corps AIF, Transferred: 06/08/1943, Specifically Unit: *160 General Transport Company*; (NAA, Pg-2). | |
10 Aug 1943: | Transferred Corporal, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Transferred: 10/08/1943, Specifically Unit: *129 General Transport Company*From Unit: 160 General Transport Company; (NAA, Pg-2). |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Son of John BISHOP & Clarissa Angelina (nee KROEHNERT) BISHOP.