Studio portrait of 6227 Private (Pte) Gordon George Hauser Bishop, 8th Battalion. An accountant ...

Accession Number P08073.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Print
Maker Unknown
Date made 1916-1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 6227 Private (Pte) Gordon George Hauser Bishop, 8th Battalion. An accountant of Ballarat prior to enlistment, Pte Bishop embarked with the 20th Reinforcements on HMAT Euripides on 11 September 1916. Pte Bishop was killed in action on 20 September 1917 at Carlisle Farm during the battle of Passchendaele. He was aged 21 years