Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database


Full Name: Lance Corporal George Thomas Bischoff
Rank Last Held: Lance Corporal
Forename(s): George Thomas
Surname: Bischoff
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 40291
First Known Rank: Private
Occupation before Enlistment: Farmer
Next of Kin: T. Bischoff (father), Tauhoa, via Hotea, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation: New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Unit: 22nd Reinforcements E Company
Embarkation Date: 13 February 1917
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Transport: HMNZT 77
Vessel: Mokoia
Destination: Plymouth, England
Nominal Roll Number: 55
Page on Nominal Roll: 16
Last Unit Served: Auckland Infantry Regiment
Place of Death: Le Cateau, France
Date of Death: 1 October 1918
Year of Death: 1918
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Sources Used: Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918


Source: Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph