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BISHOP, Walter Lewis
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1177 |
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Enlisted: | 4 May 1915 |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Port Pirie, SA, 10 September 1892 |
Home Town: | Basket Range, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
Schooling: | Basket Range Public School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Market Gardener |
Died: | Died of wounds, Boulougne , France, 23 September 1917, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot VIII, Row I, Grave No. 37, Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Basket Range WW1 Memorial, Uraidla & Districts Roll of Honour 1, Uraidla War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
4 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 1177, 9th Light Horse Regiment | |
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21 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1177, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
2 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 15th Field Artillery Brigade | |
27 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
4 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1177, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Battle of Messines | |
20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1177, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Menin Road, 2nd Occasion - evacuated. Listed in 3rd Fd Arty Bde War diary among 13 casualties including 1 KIA on 20 Sep 1917 | |
23 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1177, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Menin Road, Died of Wounds - Bolougne France :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1177 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-09-23 |
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Son of Arthur Wells BISHOP and Eva Dunstan nee CROSS