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OPPY, William Edward
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1964 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Lower Homebush, Vic., date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Avoca, Pyrenees, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Avoca Soldiers Memorial, Homebush Honor Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mildura Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1964, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1964, 38th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Robert and Mary Ellen Oppy, of Mildura, Victoria.