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Joseph Lewis BISHOP

Regimental number26468
Place of birthLewisham New South Wales
SchoolMosman Public School; Sydney Grammar School, NSW
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
Address'Narbethong', Killarney Street, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, J Bishop, 'Narbethong', Killarney Street, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military service17th Infantry; Served in the 4th Garrison Artillery, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date2 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column 4, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/111/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A47 Mashobra on 14 September 1916
FateDied of wounds 27 July 1917
Place of death or woundingDickebusch, Belgium
Date of death27 July 1917
Age at death20.8
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialDickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 5), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
13
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph Eldred and Alice BISHOP, Killarney Street, Mosman, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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