TURNBULL, Oliver Edwin
| Service Numbers: | 1636, 1468 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW Originally issued with service number 1636 but changed soon after to 1468 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Craigie, New South Wales. Australia, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Macksville, Nambucca Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 22 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 1V, Row A, Grave 48 Rev. Wray officiated Commemorated on the Waratah Hall, Avoca Roll of Honour, Avoca, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1636, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW Originally issued with service number 1636 but changed soon after to 1468 | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1636, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1636, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney | |
| 22 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1468, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1468 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert and Jane Turnbull of Macksville, NSW. Brother of Andrew William Turnbull who returned to Australia on 10 July 1919 having served with the 3rd Machine Gun Squadron and Ernest George Turnbull of Sefton, NSW
PRIVATE O. E. TURNBULL.
Private Oliver E. Turnbull, who was killed in action at the Dardanelles on May 22, was born at Craigie, Bombala, on the South Coast, 25 years ago, and before going to reside on the Nnmbucca River spent most of his life at Avoca, Moss Vale. Private Turnbull left with the Third Reinforcements of the 1st Battalion and up to the time of enlisting was in the building trade with his father and brothers. His brother, Allan H. Turnbull, wounded some months ago, has returned to the front. Another brother lost his life in the South African war.
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