Frederick James BISHOP

Regimental number1897
Place of birthMundijong, Western Australia
SchoolMundijong and Queen's Park State Schools, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarrier
AddressRailway Street, Queen's Park, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Bishop, Railway Street, Queen's Park, Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date21 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 2 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 April 1918
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Place of death or woundingHamel, France
Date of death23 June 1918
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VII, Row G, Grave No. 6), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
119
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Albert and Margaret BISHOP, Ansty Street, Mundijong, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1215 Sergeant Gordon BISHOP, 32nd Bn, died of wounds, Peronne, France, 30 August 1918; another brother, returned to Australia, gassed.