BISHOP  H.V.

Given Names:  Hector Vernon

               

Service Number:  1805

Unit:  21st Battalion, 2nd reinforcements                                                                          

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  21 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Carpenter                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  4¾ In                  

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  33-35 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Hazel

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  18/6/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  James Bishop

85 High Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  16/7/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Demosthenes A64

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Castalia 

Embarked:  13/4/1919                               

Disembarked:  30/5/1919

Unit:  23rd Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  23/12/1919                     

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  5732

British War Medal:  28874

Victory Medal:  28668

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1894

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  James BISHOP                          

Mother:  Alice PYLE

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1925     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Louise Gertrude MUTCH

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 30/5/1957                          

Place: Melbourne, Victoria                       

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered trench feet Nov 1916

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Hawthorn College

Hawthorn Presbyterian Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary