Percy Almond BISHOP MM

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Service Number:	1237
Enlisted:	20 March 1916, Hamilton, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Byaduk, Victoria, Australia, October 1888
Home Town:	Byaduk, Southern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Byaduk State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 21 May 1946
Cemetery:	Byaduk Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:

20 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1237, 39th Infantry Battalion, Hamilton, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1237, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1237, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Oct 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 39th Infantry Battalion
1 May 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1237, 39th Infantry Battalion, HT Karagola, England for return to Australia - disembarking Melbourne 12 June 1919.
12 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1237, 39th Infantry Battalion
20 Aug 1919:	Honoured Military Medal, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, For consistent good work and devotion to duty from 16 September 1918 to 11 November 1918 particularly during the attack on Bony where his total disregard of danger had a great effect on his comrades.

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