Lot 254

Description

Australia, WWI, shooting prize fob in voided gold (9ct; 4.23g; 33x37mm), by K.S, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Pres./To/Pte H.Bishop/By/Lieut McLean/For Best Shot/25/4/17'; tribute fob in gold (9ct; 8.82g; 29x28mm), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Pte Henry Bishop/by his Coreen Friends/8-1-19'; tribute fob in gold (15ct; 8.45g; 32x40mm), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Presented To/Pte H.L.Bishop./On His Return From The War./Balldale/Mch 21st 1919'; tribute fob in gold (9ct; 8.68g; 28x38mm), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'he Served his Country/Pte Henry Bishop/Lowesdale 1919'; a pair of fibre compound dog tags, one octagonal and one circular, both impressed, '3508/Bishop H L/60/A I F.' Very fine. (6)

Coreen, Balldale and Lowesdale are all located north of Corowa in the Riverina area of NSW.

Harry Lisle Bishop, farmer, age 25, born at Albury, NSW; Enl.02Oct1916 at Melbourne, Vic and then various other enlistment dates recorded and number allocations finally stopping at 3508; recorded his wife's address as Balldale, NSW; Emb.16Jul1917; to France 08Jan1918; TOS 60Bn 13Jan1918; WIA 25Mar1918 GSW right thigh and right fingers, France; RTA 19Oct1918; Disch.12Jan1919; Died 11Feb1958.