Henry Heyworth OPIE

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Service Number:	233
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wallaroo Mines, South Australia, 21 August 1872
Home Town:	Mitcham, Mitcham, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineering
Died:	Tuberculosis, Mytle Bank, South Australia, 20 July 1930, aged 57 years
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 3S, Site No: 5
Memorials:	Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 233, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 233, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 233, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
20 Oct 1915:	Wounded Private, 233, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
25 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 233, 10th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. wound to the forearm
14 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 233, 10th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in England to take up employment as an Australian Munitions Worked being medically unfit for general service

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Son of William Opie and Ellen Annie Opie nee McCourt of Chloride Street, Broken Hill, NSW.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 3 September 1920 Henry married Ruby May Stevenson in St. Lukes Church, Adelaide, SA.

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