Edmund OPPY

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Service Number:	7514
Enlisted:	26 February 1917, Enlisted at Condobolin, NS
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Condobolin, New South Wales, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Condobolin, Lachlan, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Condobolin, New South Wales, Australia, 11 June 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Condobolin Cemetery, NSW Anglican 3, F04. Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

26 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7514, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Condobolin, NS
10 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 7514, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
10 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 7514, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
15 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 34th Infantry Battalion, From 34th Battalion
7 May 1918:	Imprisoned Interned in Germany. Repatriated to England on 14 January 1919
19 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7514, 34th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of William Oppy and Mary Ann Oppy nee Doyle of North Condobolin Station, Condobolin, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 aboard HT Armagh disembarking on 20 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Edmund married Grace B.A. Whittaker in Molong, NSW