TURNOUR, James Owen
| Service Number: | 5099 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Blackheath, Kent, England, United Kingdom, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Cohuna, Gannawarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Cohuna, Victoria, Australia, 9 August 1967, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cohuna Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Morrisons Tableland and District State School 2086 Pictorial Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5099, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5099, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5099, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 16 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5099, 24th Infantry Battalion, "Blown up & buried" by artillery, suffered shell shock & concussion at Bapaume, France. | |
| 4 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5099, 24th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), Severe shrapnel wounds to chest & right leg (which was amputated 18 May 1917). | |
| 12 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5099, 24th Infantry Battalion, Medically discharged (amputated right leg). |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
James was a dairy farmer at Cohuna, VIC- formerly from Bacchus Marsh - when he enlisted at Bendigo in the AIF on the 3rd of January 1916, aged 32½. He was first allocated to the Light Horse, then the 46th Battalion and finally to the 13th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion. He embarked aboard the HMAT A32 Themistocles in late July and disembarked at Plymouth, England in September.
James joined his unit in France in late December 1916. During the fighting at Bapaume, James was wounded in action - Blown up buried. Shell concussion - and admitted to hospital for 10 days suffering from shell shock.
On the 4th of May James was again wounded during the Second Battle of Bullecourt. After being admitted to the 7th Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, France he was evacuated back to England and admitted to the Horton (county of London) War Hospital, Epsom - shell wounds to the chest and leg, severe.
In September he was transferred to the 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, Southall before he embarked for home aboard the Karoola in late November - amputated right leg above the knee - returning to Australia in January 1918 and was discharged from the AIF in February.
James died at Cohuna, VIC in 1967, aged 84.
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