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TURNER, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 147 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1914, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to A Squadron 8th LHR at Broadmeadows Camp on establishment of the Regiment |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Cambridge England UK, 14 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Occupation: | Railway Clerk |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 20 December 1955, aged 60 years |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Cremation Wall plot 176 |
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World War 1 Service
| 26 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 147, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to A Squadron 8th LHR at Broadmeadows Camp on establishment of the Regiment | |
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| 25 Feb 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 147, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Feb 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 147, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 1 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Promoted to Corporal Signals Troop 8th LHR | |
| 22 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 147, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 31 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 147, 8th Light Horse Regiment, RTA 3MD Melbourne for change Enteric fever severe | |
| 11 Jul 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 147, 8th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Mongolia, Melbourne | |
| 11 Jul 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 147, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 21 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 147, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations | |
| 1 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, Detached on promotion to 3rd Light Horse Training Regiment Egypt | |
| 4 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Taken on Strength of Unit from 3rd Light Horse Training Regiment Egypt | |
| 15 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 147, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Es Salt Raid | |
| 26 Aug 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 147, 8th Light Horse Regiment, RTA 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment Reduced in Rank to Corporal FGCM Egypt Drunkness | |
| 16 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 147, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment |
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