TURNBULL, George Washington
| Service Number: | 28719 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 April 1916, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | State School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action (at Hill 60), Belgium, 18 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery Plot I, Row J, Grave 16, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 28719, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 8 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner, 15th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 28719, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 28719, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 11 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 18 Aug 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 28719, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 28719 awm_unit: 5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-08-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
George Washington TURNBULL was born in 1889 in Richmond, Victoria
His parents were George Abraham Lincoln TURNBULL and Georgina Wallace TAYLOR who married in Victoria in 1888 - he was their only son
His father had disappeared many years before and his mother was deceased & George listed his aunt Maud May CAMPBELL as his next of kin - she was also his foster mother
He enlisted in Perth, Western Australia on 4th April, 1916 and embarked with the 15th Field Artillery Brigade, 7th Reinforcements from Melbourne on the HMAT Ulysses on 25th October, 1916
George was Killed in Action on 18th August, 1917 and is buried in Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery & his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal.
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His cousin, who was the son of the above Maud Mabel CAMPBELL also served n WW1 (SN 3387) as a Lieutenant and returned to Australia in 1918
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