John Charles McNicol (Jack) TURNBULL

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TURNBULL, John Charles McNicol

Service Number:	241
Enlisted:	6 October 1914, Horsham, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 30 December 1885
Home Town:	Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria
Schooling:	Rushworth State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 2 May 1917, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row J, Grave No. 6, Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Albert Park South Melbourne & Sydney Swans Football Club Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Willow Grove War Memorial

World War 1 Service

6 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 241, 39th Infantry Battalion, Horsham, Vic.
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 241, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 241, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
30 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 241, 39th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Multiple SW to left leg, arm and chest sustained in the line at Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium. Evacuated to 2nd Aust CCS where he died of his wounds on 2 May 1917.

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Prior to enlisting, John "Jack" Turnbull played 13 games (1908) for the South Melbourne FC in the VFL.

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Mrs. M. Turnbull of 606 Talbot street, has been officially advised by the Defence Department, through the Rev. E.W. Hardy that her husband, Private J.C. McN. Turnbull, had died of wounds on 2nd inst. The deceased who went to the front over a year ago, leaves five young children.

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