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Bishop's Walk was originally a footpath named in 1982 by the Albury-Wodonga Corporation to commemorate Charles Bishop who was a former Health Inspector. The footpath was off Ironbark Way in the St John’s Green housing estate in an area which is now known as Bishop`s Walk Park. A plaque was unveiled by the RSL at park in March 2012 dedicating the parkland to his memory. 

Charles George Bishop was an Albury soldier who earned the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Military Medal and Bar in 1918.  He was a soldier, labourer and council inspector, and was born on 12 September 1895 at Urana, New South Wales, the son of Charles George Bishop, labourer, and his wife Violet Jane, née Stripling. 

In April 1918 he was awarded the Military Medal for leading an attack on an enemy patrol of thirty men at Pont Rouge, Belgium. During a patrol action on 8 March, German scouts had been seen entering a trench; Sergeant Bishop and three men, with covering fire from their mates, assaulted the enemy from a flank and routed them. In September he received the Distinguished Conduct Medal for 'conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty' on 15 April 1918, while in charge of a mopping up party at Cemetery Copse in the Villers-Bretonneux sector.

He had to contend with an unexpectedly large number of Germans, but accomplished his task by bringing in neighbouring troops to assist in a prolonged action. His last encounter with the enemy was at Morlancourt on 19 May 1918. Although wounded in the face during the preliminary bombardment, he took charge of a party and reached the objective, rescued a wounded officer and took his place, until he too was wounded and evacuated. For this action, he was awarded a Bar to his Military Medal.

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