TURNLEY, William Echlin
| Service Number: | 84 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Plymouth, England, 28 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Coraki, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telephone mechanic |
| Died: | Natural causes, Stanmore, New South Wales, 14 January 1934, aged 42 years |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 84, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 84, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 84, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 84, 1st Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 84, 1st Field Company Engineers |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...84 Sergeant William 'Jack' Echlin Turnley, 1st Field Company Engineers. A British migrant from Liverpool, England, Sgt Turnley had served 2 years with the Volunteer Rifles and 5 years with the Territorial Army before emigrating to Australia to work as a telephone mechanic. Enlisting in August 1914 with the rank of Lance Corporal (LCpl), Turnley left Australia for Egypt in October 1914 and took part in the Gallipoli Landing on 25 April 1915. He was wounded in July 1915 but remained on duty, and was promoted to the rank of Corporal (Cpl) the following month. In August the was attached to the Divisional Engineers Headquarters and promoted to Acting Staff Sergeant in September, but reverted to the rank of Cpl in November. He developed oedema in the left leg and was eventually repatriated to Egypt, where he developed cardiac complications. Cpl Turnley was found unfit for active service and was repatriated to Australia where he was discharged from the military in August 1916. William Turnley returned to civilian life and worked as a Shire Clerk in Coraki, NSW. He died at Annandale, NSW, in 1934, aged 43. Cpl Turnley's haversack which was used to form part of the first defensive parapet to be built at Anzac Beach at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 is currently held by the Australian War Memorial..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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