Regimental number | 7980 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Ballarat, Victoria |
School | Ballarat High School, Ballarat, Victoria |
Religion | Baptist |
Occupation | Engineer |
Address | 19 Raglan Street, Ballarat, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Father, W Bishop, 19 Raglan Street, Ballarat, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 6, Battery 16 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/34/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal Recommendation date: |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Awarded the Military Medal. |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Medals |
Military Medal 'On the afternoon of 21st June, 1917, at MESSINES, the 16th Battery was heavily shelled and all ranks were ordered to leave the gun pits and seek cover, five casualties having previously occurred. At 3.30 p.m. the camouflage on No. 1 pit caught fire and burnt fiercely endangering about 300 rounds of Shrapnel and H.E. stores in the pit alongside the gun. B.S.M. CR...... called for volunteers to assist him to put out the fire. No. 7967, Bdr BROWN J.B., No. 7980 Driver BISHOP R.G., No. 8003 A/Cpl McSWEENEY J., and No. 9470 Gnr BAKER T.C.R. immediately volunteered, and these other ranks at great personal risk succeeded in puttin the fire out by throwing buckets of water over it, the water being obtained from shell holes and a well nearby. The whole of the camouflage was destroyed and many sandbags set alight also a few rounds of ammunition were charged. All the above took place under very heavy shell fire from the enemy.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 219 Date: |
Family/military connections | Brother: 6227 Pte Gordon George Hauser BISHOP, 8th Bn, killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 20 September 1917. |
Other details |
Son of Wesley and Kate nee Hauser Bishop. War service: Egypt, Western Front Was wounded in the back by shrapnel whilst serving in France. He was also gassed, but refused hospital treatment in England to go and look for his younger brother's unit (Gordon Hauser Bishop), only to find that he had been killed in his first direct contact with the enemy. Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Place of burial | Northern Suburbs Crematorium |