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BISHOP, Richard Arthur

Service Numbers:	NX128908, NX128908 (N250370)
Enlisted:	28 July 1942
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born:	Summer Hill, New South Wales, 7 December 1908
Home Town:	Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Illness, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 August 1943, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld (DVA) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: ANZ-7-75-23, ANZAC Portion 7/Section 75/Grave 23., Lutwyche Cemetery, Lutwyche, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

28 Jul 1942:	Involvement Corporal, NX128908 (N250370), 2nd/4th Ordnance Ammunition Company, (NAA, Pg-1)
28 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX128908, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
28 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Corporal, NX128908 (N250370), 2nd/4th Ordnance Ammunition Company, Castle Hill, NSW, Australia
19 Jul 1943:	Involvement Corporal, NX128908 (N250370), Australian Army Service Corps AIF, Involved: 19/07/1943, Specifically involved with these Units: 129, & 160 General Transport Company; Until eventual death: 17/08/1943, 3 A.G.H - Brisbane, Qld; (NAA, Pg's-2, 5).
19 Jul 1943:	Transferred Corporal, Australian Army Service Corps AIF, Transferred: 19/07/1943, Specifically Unit: 129 General Transport Company; (NAA, Pg-2).
6 Aug 1943:	Transferred Corporal, Australian Army Service Corps AIF, Transferred: 06/08/1943, Specifically Unit: 160 General Transport Company; (NAA, Pg-2).
10 Aug 1943:	Transferred Corporal, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Transferred: 10/08/1943, Specifically Unit: 129 General Transport CompanyFrom Unit: 160 General Transport Company; (NAA, Pg-2).

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of John BISHOP & Clarissa Angelina (nee KROEHNERT) BISHOP.