Carl August OPPERMANN

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Service Number:	5968
Enlisted:	8 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Glenferrie, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Glen Iris, Boroondara & Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Typewriter Mechanic
Died:	Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 1 March 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Methodist 2, Section Y, Grave 261E
Memorials:	Emerald Ladies Probus Club Roll of Remembrance

8 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5968, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5968, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5968, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Melbourne
27 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Divisional Signal Company, From 14th Battalion
16 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5968, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of August Emil Oppermann and May Victoria Oppermann nee Boltzmann of Kerford Road, Glen Iris, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 20 May 1919 aboard HT Nextor disembarking on 2 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Carl married Marjory Baden Powell Down in Victoria