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BISHOP, Walter Lewis

Service Number:	1177
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

World War 1 Service

4 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 1177, 9th Light Horse Regiment
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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Biography

Son of Arthur Wells BISHOP and Eva Dunstan nee CROSS