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OPIE, Melville Lucas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3129 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Burnside, South Australia, 8 August 1884 |
| Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 11 June 1951, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria Cremated on 13 June 1951 with the ashes being scattered at the cemetery |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3129, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3129, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3129, 8th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Adelaide | |
| 13 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion, From 8th Battalion | |
| 1 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 14th Battalion; at Windmill Hill | |
| 12 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion, From 67th Battalion | |
| 6 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3129, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to injury |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Francis Opie and Emma Opie nee Lucas of Barrow Street, Coburg, Victoria formerly of Burnside, SA.
Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 aboard HT Armagh disembarking on 18 May 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1921c Melville married Myrtle Ruby Pimm in Victoria