BISHOP, David Walter
| Service Number: | B3280 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Moreton |
| Born: | Caboolture, Queensland, Australia, 13 July 1924 |
| Home Town: | Caboolture, Moreton Bay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 December 2003, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, B3280, HMAS Cerberus (Shore) | |
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| 5 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B3280, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot) | |
| 8 Mar 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B3280, HMAS Moreton | |
| 8 Mar 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B3280, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Able Seaman, B3280, HMAS Moreton |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
David was the fifth of nine children of Walter Ernest Bishop (born 1887 at Elimbah Park, Toorbul in QLD) and Elsie May Bowden (born 1892 at Nundah, QLD). Walter - a Carpenter - and Elsie married at Nundah, QLD in 1914 and moved to Caboolture in 1923.
David enlisted in the RAN in February 1942 and was an Ordinary Seaman II (Service No:B3280) on the HMAS Cerberus, HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Kuttaburra. In June 1943 he was promoted to Able Seaman on board the HMAS Lanka, and was on board HMAS Moreton when he was Discharged in March 1946. Brothers George Ivan (Private; Service No:QX14470); Ernest Henry (Corporal; Service No:QX30400) and Eric Stanley (Sapper; Service No:QX60140), wife Jean Audrey Paul (Aircraftwoman; Service No:102665); and Brothers in Law Lester Paul (Flight Sergeant; Service No:43591); James (Jim) Arthur (Flight Sergeant; Service No:429393) and Leslie Earl McDonald (ACMF; Service No:Q122673) also served in WWII.
David was a Labourer in Caboolture, QLD when he married Jean Audrey Paul (born 1926 in Toowoomba, QLD) in Caboolture in 1949. David and Jean settled in Caboolture where David worked as a Farmer and Builder. David died in 2003 and Jean in 2018.