Reginald (Reg) TURNBULL

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TURNBULL, Reginald

Service Number:	392
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Toowoomba, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Loftus, England, September 1895
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Groom
Died:	Natural causes, Toowoomba, Queensland, 2 February 1951
Cemetery:	Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland CE3A-005-0011
Memorials:	Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 392, Toowoomba, Queensland
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 392, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 392, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane
9 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 392, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
10 Mar 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 392, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged in Australia due to illness

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

'RETURNED SOLDIER INJURED.

TOOWOOMBA, September 18. To-day, when working at the railway quarry at Cliffdale, below Spring Bluff, on the main line, Reginald Turnbull, a returned soldier, met with an accident. He was breaking stone with a hammer, when a piece of stone flew off, and struck him on the left eye, inflicting serious injuries. He was conveyed to the Toowoomba General Hospital.

Turnbull, who was one of Toowoomba's first volunteers, was attached to the 2nd A.L.H., and saw a lot of service at Gallipoli. He was one of the men invalided some few months ago owing to sickness, and was subsequently discharged. On inquiry at the hospital tonight it was ascertained that Turnbull's eye is very seriously injured, and he may lose the sight. Turnbull, it is stated, was to have been married on Saturday week.' from The Brisbane Courier 19 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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