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TURNBULL, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 991 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1915, An original of D Company 30th Bn. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Hardhorn, Lancashire, England, 21 September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Trungley Hall, Temora Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Singleton Primary School, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 17 September 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 39. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 991, 30th Infantry Battalion, An original of D Company 30th Bn. | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 991, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 991, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 16 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 991, 8th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 991 awm_unit: 8th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Turnbull was a young Englishman who came out to Australia from Lancashire at the age of 19, during 1913. He was working as a farm labourer at Duck Creek, Temora, NSW. The area of Duck Creek is now known as Trungley Hall.
John Turnbull was the son of James and Alice Turnbull, of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England. John's mother, Alice, filled out his roll of honour circular and stated John had a brother, Sergeant Thomas Braithwaite, of the 42nd Battalion AIF, who died of wounds in Belgium during October 1917, age 28. Alice's maiden name was Braithwaite.
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