FLT-SGT Eugene William “Bill” Bishop

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FLT-SGT Eugene William “Bill” Bishop Veteran

Birth
Teneriffe, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
Death
15 Feb 1978 (aged 57)
Redcliffe, Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia
Burial
Kippa-Ring, Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia GPS-Latitude: -27.233928, Longitude: 153.088662
Plot
103/F/15
Memorial ID
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BIRTH

Son of Robert William Bishop, & Alice Josephine (nee Gorman) Wood (Also Known - Bishop/Gray).

BORN: Eugene William Bishop, 5th February 1921, Arthur St, Teneriffe, Brisbane City, Queensland.

[QLD Birth Certificate, Registration No: 1943/ 103781].


(Also known as, "Bill")


Half-Siblings of Eugene William BISHOP: his Half-Brother: "Teddy" Charles Patrick Wood, d., 1944 (Same Mother, Alice Josephine Gorman); other Half-Brothers & Sister: Richard Joseph, Mary Isabella(nee- Bishop)-Breen & Robert Sidney Francis Bishop (Same Father, Robert William Bishop).


MARRIAGE

Kathleen May EVANS, 12th January 1940 -St Andrews Church- Lutwyche, Queensland, Australia.

[QLD Marriage Certificate, Registration No: 1940/ 38113].


Occupation: Storeman / Packer; A Qualified - Glazier.


MILITARY

Enlisted: 17th August 1940, Brisbane, Qld; (RAAF, & also later, RAF, Scampton, Lincolnshire, England) Royal Australian Air Force - WWII - Aircraft Depot 6 - FLIGHT SERGEANT [is not a Sergeant] - Service No: 23392; Date of Discharge: 9th August 1945.


DEATH

Eugene William BISHOP passed away on the 15th February 1978 -Redcliffe Hospital- Anzac Ave, Redcliffe, Queensland. Burial: 17th February 1978, Redcliffe Cemetery, Kippa-Ring, "Redcliffe Peninsula", Queensland.

[QLD Death Certificate - Reg No: 1978/ 84706].


INFORMATION REFERENCED

Queensland Government - Department of Justice & Attorney-General; Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages - Family History Research Service. All (3) vital records (Birth/Marriage & Death) Certificates of Eugene William BISHOP have been attained. Cemeteries - Moreton Bay Regional Council - Moreton Bay Region Cemeteries Database, Interment Record of Eugene William Bishop.

MILITARY

(DVA) Department of Veterans' Affairs - WW2 - Nominal Rolls, & Commemoration Search. (O.A.W.G) Office of Australian War Graves [within Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery, Bridgeman Downs, Qld]. (NAA) National Archives of Australia - Service Record, Canberra (ACT). Virtual War Memorial of Australia - Memorial of (RAAF) Flight Sergeant - Eugene William BISHOP, S-No: 23392.

BIRTH

Son of Robert William Bishop, & Alice Josephine (nee Gorman) Wood (Also Known - Bishop/Gray).

BORN: Eugene William Bishop, 5th February 1921, Arthur St, Teneriffe, Brisbane City, Queensland.

[QLD Birth Certificate, Registration No: 1943/ 103781].


(Also known as, "Bill")


Half-Siblings of Eugene William BISHOP: his Half-Brother: "Teddy" Charles Patrick Wood, d., 1944 (Same Mother, Alice Josephine Gorman); other Half-Brothers & Sister: Richard Joseph, Mary Isabella(nee- Bishop)-Breen & Robert Sidney Francis Bishop (Same Father, Robert William Bishop).


MARRIAGE

Kathleen May EVANS, 12th January 1940 -St Andrews Church- Lutwyche, Queensland, Australia.

[QLD Marriage Certificate, Registration No: 1940/ 38113].


Occupation: Storeman / Packer; A Qualified - Glazier.


MILITARY

Enlisted: 17th August 1940, Brisbane, Qld; (RAAF, & also later, RAF, Scampton, Lincolnshire, England) Royal Australian Air Force - WWII - Aircraft Depot 6 - FLIGHT SERGEANT [is not a Sergeant] - Service No: 23392; Date of Discharge: 9th August 1945.


DEATH

Eugene William BISHOP passed away on the 15th February 1978 -Redcliffe Hospital- Anzac Ave, Redcliffe, Queensland. Burial: 17th February 1978, Redcliffe Cemetery, Kippa-Ring, "Redcliffe Peninsula", Queensland.

[QLD Death Certificate - Reg No: 1978/ 84706].


INFORMATION REFERENCED

Queensland Government - Department of Justice & Attorney-General; Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages - Family History Research Service. All (3) vital records (Birth/Marriage & Death) Certificates of Eugene William BISHOP have been attained. Cemeteries - Moreton Bay Regional Council - Moreton Bay Region Cemeteries Database, Interment Record of Eugene William Bishop.

MILITARY

(DVA) Department of Veterans' Affairs - WW2 - Nominal Rolls, & Commemoration Search. (O.A.W.G) Office of Australian War Graves [within Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery, Bridgeman Downs, Qld]. (NAA) National Archives of Australia - Service Record, Canberra (ACT). Virtual War Memorial of Australia - Memorial of (RAAF) Flight Sergeant - Eugene William BISHOP, S-No: 23392.


Inscription

Lawn Plaque-Inscription: 23392; FLIGHT SERGEANT; E.W. BISHOP.

Gravesite Details

BURIAL DATE: 17/02/1978.
Grave Location (Expanded): Lawn-Section 103/Row F/Plot 15.