Elgar Watts OPIE

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	15 November 1916, Enlisted in Victoria
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 16 November 1893
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Geelong College, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	School Master
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Name appears on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium, Panel 7
Memorials:	Newtown Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour, Newtown Methodist Church Honor Roll, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

15 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Victoria
19 Feb 1917:	Involvement 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1917:	Embarked 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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Son of Ernest Charles Opie and Alice Elizabeth Opie nee Carr of Laurel Bank Parade, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal