TURNBULL, Herbert Oscar
| Service Number: | 3254 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Picton, New South Wales., Australia, November 1885 |
| Home Town: | Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 17 October 1946, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-52. 40. |
| Memorials: | Hamilton War Memorial, Wallsend Soldier's Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3254, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3254, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3254, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3254, 56th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, GSW or shell wound left foot and leg, severe, amputated below knee. | |
| 12 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3254, 56th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, left leg amputated below knee. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Private Herbert (Ossie) Oscar Turnbull, 56th Battalion (Reg No-3254), miner from Brookstown, Wallsend, New South Wales and Lumsden Lane, Wallsend, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery on the 18th October 1946, age 62. CATHOLIC 2-52. 40.
Wounded in action - 26.9.1917 (GSW or shell wound left foot and leg, severe.) Amputated below knee.
Mr. Turnbull’s name has been inscribed on the Wallsend Soldiers' Memorial and the Wallsend Municipal & District Roll of Honor.
I submitted an application to DVA January 2022 asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque to be placed at the gravesite, and this was accepted March 2022.
I will post photos when official commemoration has been completed.
Lest We Forget.
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