BISHOP, Walter Lewis
| 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 |
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
Biography contributed by Modbury High School
Walter Bishop was born on 10 September 1892 in the coastal town of Port Pirie, South Australia. He was raised by his parents, Eva Bishop and Arthur Wells Bishop. He attended Basket Range Public School and later worked as a market gardener.
On 4 May 1915, at the age of twenty-two, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in the 9th Light Horse Regiment, the first man from Basket Range to enlist. His two brothers Alfred Norman and Lloyd Allan plus a brother-in-law, also fought in the war.
He served in the AIF for two years. On 2 April 1916, he transferred to the 15th Field Artillery Brigade as a gunner, and on 27 January 1917, he transferred again to the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.
He fought on the Western Front as a gunner; he was wounded on 4 June 1917 during the Battle of Messines, in Belgium. He returned to war but was wounded a second time on 20 September 1917 at Menin, also in Belgium. He was transported to Boulogne, France, on 23 September 1917. Just three days later, he passed away at the age of twenty-five. His mother, deeply affected by his death, sent letters to the 9th Light Horse Regiment, hoping he would receive them. Unfortunately, he was never able to respond.
He is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France, in Plot VIII, Row I, Grave No. 37. Walter Bishop is commemorated on multiple memorials, including the Adelaide National War Memorial, the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, the Basket Range WW1 Memorial, and the Uraidla & Districts Roll of Honour.
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