Raymond Carnegie Bishop MM (SN 7980) born at Ballarat, was a 20 year old engineer when he enlisted in Ballarat on August 30th 1915. On November 22nd he embarked aboard the Persic and sailed to Egypt. In March 1916 he was deployed to France to serve with the 6th Field Artillery Brigade. During his service he was wounded twice, gassed and a shell wound to his back, but the high point was the awarding of a Military Medal, his citation reading, ‘On the afternoon of 21st June, 1917, at MESSINES, the 16th Battery was heavily shelled and all ranks were ordered to leave the gun pits and seek cover, five casualties having previously occurred. At 3.30 p.m. the camouflage on No. 1 pit caught fire and burnt fiercely endangering about 300 rounds of Shrapnel and H.E. stores in the pit alongside the gun. B.S.M. CR...... called for volunteers to assist him to put out the fire. No. 7967, Bdr BROWN J.B., No. 7980 Driver BISHOP R.G., No. 8003 A/Cpl McSWEENEY J., and No. 9470 Gnr BAKER T.C.R. immediately volunteered, and these other ranks at great personal risk succeeded in putting the fire out by throwing buckets of water over it, the water being obtained from shell holes and a well nearby. The whole of the camouflage was destroyed and many sandbags set alight also a few rounds of ammunition were charged. All the above took place under very heavy shell fire from the enemy.’ Sadly, at around this time, his brother Gordon was killed in action at Passchendaele. Raymond returned to Australia aboard the Ypiringa, disembarked on July 5th 1919 and was discharged soon after. Gordon is also honoured with a tree in the Avenue.