Edward Hugh OPREY

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Service Number:	1507
Enlisted:	7 September 1915, Holsworthy, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Liverpool, New South Wales, 20 August 1890
Home Town:	Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Wollongong, New South Wales, 7 January 1960, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bulli Cemetery, NSW Roman Catholic Section, Row RI
Memorials:	Blaxland & Glenbrook District War Memorial

7 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Holsworthy, New South Wales
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1507, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1507, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
19 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1

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6 Light Horse Regiment; later Provost Corps

Rank - Trooper

23 January 1919 - Charged with neglect of duty and failing to comply with anorder. Fined four days pay

24 July 1919 - Embarked HT Dongoa at Suez to returned to Australia

Was Working with the Railways when he enlisted

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Violet Daisy Oprey. Violet died 7 October 1995 aged 97 years. Brother of James Clifton Oprey, Blacktown, New South Wales