Pte. George Francis McGovern Bissett

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Pte. George Francis McGovern Bissett

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hāwera, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
Death: April 27, 1915 (20)
Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey (World War I: Killed in Action)
Place of Burial: [Panel 75.], Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey
Immediate Family:

Son of Adam Bissett and Alice Bissett
Brother of Amelia Jane Bissett; Gordon Stewart Bissett; Lillias Margaret Davies and Alice Isabella Bissett

Occupation: Wellington Infantry Battalion, 7th (West Coast) Company
Find A Grave ID: 56798736
Service No: WWI 10/304
Managed by: Jason Scott Wills
Last Updated:

About Pte. George Francis McGovern Bissett

George Francis McGovern Bissett was born on 1 December 1894. He was the youngest child of Adam Bissett and Alice Bissett (nee Bevan) who had married in New Zealand on 28 June 1884. George was killed in action at Gallipoli on 27 April 1915 and is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial in Turkey. Private in WIR, file number 10/304.

Sources

  1. Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...
  2. New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohBa.html / Ref 4.4.2021
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Pte. George Francis McGovern Bissett's Timeline

1894
December 1, 1894
Hāwera, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
1915
April 27, 1915
Age 20
Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey
April 27, 1915
Age 20
Lone Pine Memorial, [Panel 75.], Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey