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OPIE, Alfred Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4879 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1915, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser & Health Inspector |
| Died: | Illness, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1973 |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4879, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4879, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4879, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 23 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 4879, 5th Divisional Signal Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Alfred Thomas OPIE was born in Geelong, Victoria in 1895
His parents were William OPIE & Marion THOMPSON
He married Doris Lilian CURTIES in Victoria in 1924
He enlisted in Melbourne on 9th September, 1915 & embarked from Melbourne on the HMAT Wiltshire on 7th March, 1916 with the 6th Infantry Battalion, 15th reinforcements - he returned to Australia as a Corporal with the 5th Australian Divisional Signal Company on 20th January 1919 and was discharged on 23rd September, 1919
Alfred died in Heidelberg, Victoria in 1973 & was cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery
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