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TURNER, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3164 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 4th Australian Field Artillery Battery |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds - shell wounds to the face, Ypres, Belgium, 11 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Brandhoek New Military Cemetery Plot V1, Row C, Grave 14, Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Brandhoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 3164, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 3164, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Gunner, 3164, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Borda, Melbourne | |
| 6 Sep 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Transferred from the 1st Field Artillery to the 2 Field Artillery | |
| 10 Aug 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 3164, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Shell wounds to the face | |
| 11 Aug 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 3164, 4th Australian Field Artillery Battery, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3164 awm_unit: 4th Australian Field Artillery Battery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-08-11 |
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Next of kin given as a friend James Henderson of Deepwater Station, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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