BISHOP, Harold Mckay
| Service Number: | 197 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 August 1914, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moruya, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Bega, Bega Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Eurobodalla Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Wheelwright |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 5 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Bancourt British Cemetery Plot IX, Row D, Grave 5. |
| Memorials: | Bega District School WW1 Roll of Honor, Bega Loyal Prince Alfred Lodge No 40 M.U.I.O.O.F. Honour Roll, Bodalla Nerrigundah Roll of Honour WW1, Moruya Uniting Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 197, 3rd Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 197, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 197, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Harold McKay Bishop was born at Bonny Doon, a farm near Moruya, and moved with his family to another farm at Eurobodalla at about ten years of age. A year or so after the death of his father in 1906, he went to live with his uncle and aunt, in Bega, where after leaving school, he worked as a wheelwright and coachbuilder, and where he became a very popular member of the community. He had been a member of the 43rd Infantry Battalion of the Citizen Forces for three years prior to enlisting. He enlisted on 30 August 1914, four weeks after the outbreak of war. He sailed on the Euripides on 20th October 1914, going first to Egypt, then to Gallipoli with the 3rd Battalion. Serving at the Anzac landing, he was promoted Sergeant 1 May 1915 and then Company Quarter Master Sergeant five months later. He was fairly crook for several months after the evacuation with the usual Gallipoli complaints. He thence went to France and survived the Pozieres battle, being promoted to Second Lieutenant on 5 August 1916. Three months later he was killed on 5th November 1916, the second day of the Battle of Flers. His name is mentioned in Bean’s Official history Volume 3.
Many detailed accounts of death are in his Red Cross file, he was a popular young officer, killed instantly by the explosion of a heavy shell.
His younger brother, 3761 Pte Raymond Charles Bishop, 55th Battalion AIF had been killed in action at Fromelles on 20 July 1916.
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