~~~BISHOP, James Richard_Australian Imperial Force_ AIF_The Great War. (Service)~~~
Parents……Cornelius Wallace Bishop and Bertha Townsend married 29th June 1887 in Trinity Church, Adelaide, South Australia.
Australian Imperial Force Regimental No……617, (30th Battalion, C Company).
Religion......Church of England
Education......Spotswood State School, Victoria
Trade/Calling......Glass Bottle Blower.
Home Address...... 'Prophet' Bourke Street, Zetland, New South Wales
Marital status...... Single
Next of kin...... Father, Mr Cornelius Bishop, 69 Hope Street, Spotswood, Melbourne, Victoria
Attested into AIF......19 July 1915 in Liverpool, New South Wales.
Age on enlistment......22 years and 6 months
Final Rank......Corporal.
Final Posting......30th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Embarked from......Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915.
Fate...... Killed in Action, 29th September 1917 in Ypres, Belgium
Cemetery...... Aeroplane Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 5), Ypres, Belgium.
Commemorated......Panel number 116, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated......Municipality of Waterloo Roll of Service No. 3.
Commemorated...... Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board
Parents……Cornelius Wallace Bishop and Bertha Townsend married 29th June 1887 in Trinity Church, Adelaide, South Australia.
Australian Imperial Force Regimental No……617, (30th Battalion, C Company).
Religion......Church of England
Education......Spotswood State School, Victoria
Trade/Calling......Glass Bottle Blower.
Home Address...... 'Prophet' Bourke Street, Zetland, New South Wales
Marital status...... Single
Next of kin...... Father, Mr Cornelius Bishop, 69 Hope Street, Spotswood, Melbourne, Victoria
Attested into AIF......19 July 1915 in Liverpool, New South Wales.
Age on enlistment......22 years and 6 months
Final Rank......Corporal.
Final Posting......30th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Embarked from......Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915.
Fate...... Killed in Action, 29th September 1917 in Ypres, Belgium
Cemetery...... Aeroplane Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 5), Ypres, Belgium.
Commemorated......Panel number 116, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated......Municipality of Waterloo Roll of Service No. 3.
Commemorated...... Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board
~~~BISHOP, James Richard_Australian Imperial Force_ AIF_The Great War. (Service)~~~
Parents……Cornelius Wallace Bishop and Bertha Townsend married 29th June 1887 in Trinity Church, Adelaide, South Australia.
Australian Imperial Force Regimental No……617, (30th Battalion, C Company).
Religion......Church of England
Education......Spotswood State School, Victoria
Trade/Calling......Glass Bottle Blower.
Home Address...... 'Prophet' Bourke Street, Zetland, New South Wales
Marital status...... Single
Next of kin...... Father, Mr Cornelius Bishop, 69 Hope Street, Spotswood, Melbourne, Victoria
Attested into AIF......19 July 1915 in Liverpool, New South Wales.
Age on enlistment......22 years and 6 months
Final Rank......Corporal.
Final Posting......30th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Embarked from......Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915.
Fate...... Killed in Action, 29th September 1917 in Ypres, Belgium
Cemetery...... Aeroplane Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 5), Ypres, Belgium.
Commemorated......Panel number 116, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated......Municipality of Waterloo Roll of Service No. 3.
Commemorated...... Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board
Parents……Cornelius Wallace Bishop and Bertha Townsend married 29th June 1887 in Trinity Church, Adelaide, South Australia.
Australian Imperial Force Regimental No……617, (30th Battalion, C Company).
Religion......Church of England
Education......Spotswood State School, Victoria
Trade/Calling......Glass Bottle Blower.
Home Address...... 'Prophet' Bourke Street, Zetland, New South Wales
Marital status...... Single
Next of kin...... Father, Mr Cornelius Bishop, 69 Hope Street, Spotswood, Melbourne, Victoria
Attested into AIF......19 July 1915 in Liverpool, New South Wales.
Age on enlistment......22 years and 6 months
Final Rank......Corporal.
Final Posting......30th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Embarked from......Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915.
Fate...... Killed in Action, 29th September 1917 in Ypres, Belgium
Cemetery...... Aeroplane Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 5), Ypres, Belgium.
Commemorated......Panel number 116, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated......Municipality of Waterloo Roll of Service No. 3.
Commemorated...... Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board
Inscription
617 CORPORAL
J. A. BISHOP
30TH BN. AUSTRALIAN INF.
30TH SEPTEMBER 1917 AGE 24
"MY BELOVED SON"
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