Gustaf Enrick TORNQUIST

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TORNQUIST, Gustaf Enrick

Service Number:	2682
Enlisted:	24 June 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mintaro, South Australia, Australia, 19 July 1887
Home Town:	Mintaro, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia
Schooling:	Watervale Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Farm hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 22 July 1916, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 6. THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sevenhill & Penwortham District War Memorial WW1

World War 1 Service

24 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2682, 11th Infantry Battalion
2 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2682, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
2 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2682, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Gustaf Enrick Tornquist was 27 years of age when he enlisted at Blackboy Hill in Western Australia during June 1915. He was born at Mintaro in South Australia, his father having been born in Sweden. The family name was often misspelt Tornquest and Tonquest.

Gustav's younger brother, 353 Private Charles Albert Tornquist (served as Tonquest) 3rd Light Horse Regiment AIF, died of wounds in Egypt on 1 June 1916, age 22.

An older brother 3939 Corporal Frederick William Tornquist M.M. 48th Battalion AIF was decorated for capturing 3 Germans whilst out alone on a patrol.

According to his witnesses in his Red Cross file, Gustaf was badly wounded in both legs at Pozieres by shellfire on the 23 July 1916. He had no burial site. He was posted as missing until a Court of Enquiry held almost 12 months later deemed he had been killed in action. During 1925 his remains were found at Pozieres by the War Graves staff, identified by his disc and pieces of equipment. The disc was returned to his parents and his remains were buried in the Cerisy Gailly Military Cemetery, about 20 kilometers south of Pozieres.

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