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Ernest Richard BISHOP

Regimental number332
Place of birthSouth Yarra, Victoria
SchoolBrighton State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationDriver
Address121 Bay Street, Brighton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, William E Bishop, Bay Street, Brighton, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date21 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name22nd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, France
Date of death11 August 1916
Age at death22
Place of burialBologne Eastern Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 136), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Edward and Elizabeth BISHOP. Native of South Yarra, Victoria

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