Soldier profiles
Name : BISHOP, HENRY CHARLES SALISBURY
Service Number : VX19511
Date of Birth : 18/12/1900
Place of Birth : WINDSOR, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 31/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : BISHOP, MYRTLE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 20/02/1946
Date Died : ??/01/1966
Age at Death : 65
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : SPRINGVALE BOTANICAL CEMETERY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. BORONIA, WALL NICHE SINGLE, WALL ZE NICHE 264.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0008 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6214089 [DIGITISED], Barcode 32340773 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 579kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay. Cremated. Date of service 11/01/1966. AWM shows C. S. Bishop.
