Robert Sydney TURNBULL

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TURNBULL, Robert Sydney

Service Number:	3125
Enlisted:	17 June 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, 10 July 1890
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	West End State School
Occupation:	Bottler
Died:	Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 4 September 1916, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Plot XXI, Row F, Grave No. 4, Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, West End Kurilpa War Memorial Clock Tower

World War 1 Service

17 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3125, Brisbane, Queensland
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3125, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3125, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3125, 49th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm

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Biography

"...3125 Private (later Lance-Corporal) Robert Sydney Turnbull 9th (later 49th) Battalion of South Brisbane, Qld. Son of Hugh and Margaret Turnbull. A bottler prior to enlisting, he embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Warilda (A69) on 5 October 1915. He was killed in action on 4 September 1916 near Pozieres, France, aged 26. He is buried in Serre Road Cemetery No 2, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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