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TURLAN, Louis Henri Alphonsus
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5485 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Burnside, South Australia, 23 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Irymple, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Irymple South Primary School |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Artillery shell, Corbie, France, 5 April 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Grave Reference III. O. 20., |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Irymple State School No 3174 Roll of Honor, Mildura Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5485, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5485, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5485, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5485, 57th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux |
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Born 1895 in Burnside Adelaide, The 3rd son of Pierre Turlan and his wife Alexandrine Turlan (nee Gelly). The family worked mainly in the wine industry in SA, moving to Irymple, Victoria around 1901 where Louies uncles were managing and working in the Chaffey Brothers vineyard at Irymple South. The family resided in 15th Street and Lou attended the Irymple South Primary School. Louies youngest brother Alphonse died tragicly of Black Measles in 1909.
Louis played football for the local Irymple team and enlisted in the AIF on 15 Jul 1915, just before his 20th birthday.
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