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OPPEL, Albert Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1262 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 9 November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Arncliffe, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | New Zealand, 1959, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Rockdale Municipal Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1262, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1262, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1262, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 2 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1262, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wound to the hand | |
| 26 Sep 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1262, 19th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding and otitis media |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Henry Oppel and Mary Augusta Amelia Oppel nee Schultz of Melbourne, Victoria.
Husband of May Oppel of Parliament Terrace, Arncliffe, NSW. Albert and May married during 1915c in Newtown, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 24 June 1916 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 8 August 1916.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Migrated to New Zealand in 1927 where he changed his name to Charles Albert Taylor and stating that he was single, his wife May was still alive in 1928 but did not go to NZ.