Roy BISHOP

BISHOP, Roy

Service Number: 241
Enlisted: 4 November 1914
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 10th Light Horse Regiment
Born: York, Western Australia, 1894
Home Town: Greenhills, York, Western Australia
Schooling: Greenhills State School, Western Australia
Occupation: Bushman
Died: Perth, Western Australia, 21 March 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Memorials: York District Great War Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

4 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 241, 10th Light Horse Regiment
8 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 241, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 241, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle
3 Aug 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 241, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMT Saturnia to Gallipoli
5 Feb 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 241, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ex Suez per Delta
6 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 241, 10th Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Roy was the second of twelve children of Charles Jesse Bishop (b1869 in Northam, WA) and Hannah Burton (b1975 in York, WA). Charles (a Labourer) and Hannah married in 1892 in York, WA where they resided most of their lives. Charles worked on construction of the railway line from Clackline to Spencer's Brook, and later was a Farmer in Qualen and Greenhills.

Roy was a Bushman in Greenhills WA in November 1914 when he enlisted in the AIF. He served as a Trooper and Driver (Service No:241) with the 10th Light Horse Regiment in the Middle East and was Discharged in May 1919.

In August 1919 Roy married Mabel Carr (b1894 in Greenhills, WA), where they settled and Roy was a Farmer. By the late 1920s the couple had moved to Perth, where Roy worked as a Bread Carter and with the Tramways. Roy died in 1956 and Mabel in 1989.

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