William TURTON

TURTON, William

    Service Number: 213
    Enlisted: 26 August 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 27 October 1891
    Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Whipmaker
    Died: Killed in Action, Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 20 May 1915, aged 23 years
    Cemetery: Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove
    Plot 1, Row I, Grave 9 Chaplain J.G. Green officiated Headstone inscription reads: The best of lads none better may his soul rest in peace, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 213, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    24 Sep 1914: Involvement Private, 213, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
    24 Sep 1914: Embarked Private, 213, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Alfred Henry Turton and Ellen Turton nee Sykes of Clifton Terrace, Red Hill, QLD. Brother of Alfred Henry Turton who died of Pneumonia on 27 August 1918 while serving with the 11th Field Artillery Brigade and was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery, Plot 1V, Row D, Grave 11

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served in the senior cadets

    A member of the League of Boy Scouts he held the rank of Quarter Master in 1910c

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