Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database


Full Name: Private Victor Bischoff
Rank Last Held: Private
Forename(s): Victor
Surname: Bischoff
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 31583
First Known Rank: Private
Occupation before Enlistment: Farmer
Next of Kin: Thomas Bischoff (father), Tauhoa, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation: New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Unit: 19th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation Date: 15 November 1916
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Transport:
  • HMNZT 68
  • HMNZT 69
Vessel: Maunganui or Tahiti
Destination: Plymouth or Devonport, England
Nominal Roll Number: 45
Page on Nominal Roll: 5
Last Unit Served: New Zealand Infantry
Place of Death: United Kingdom
Date of Death: 8 March 1917
Year of Death: 1917
Cause of Death: Died of disease
Description of Image: Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917
Sources Used: Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917


Source: Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph