TURNER, Joseph
| Service Number: | 1918 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 January 1916, Place of Enlistment, Adaminaby, New South Wales. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Middlingbank, New South Wales, Australia, 30 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Adaminaby, Snowy River, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Middling Bank Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 28 July 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bethleem Farm West Cemetery Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adaminaby War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1918, 35th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Adaminaby, New South Wales. | |
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| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 1918, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 1918, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney |
Snowy River Soldiers
Snowy River Soldiers
Ten soldiers, part of the 4th Reinforcements for the 55th Battalion sailed from Sydney to England. They stopped in Melbourne for some free time, and to regain their land legs, and they wrote a short letter and addressed it to the local newspaper, the Adaminaby Advocate.
The signed letter was then sealed in a bottle and dropped into Port Phillip Bay.
The soldiers continued on their sea journey and finally disembarked in Plymouth, England, on October 29th.
SNOWY RIVER SOLDIERS
Message by Bottle Post
The following letter, written by several “The Men from Snowy River”, was picked up in a bottle on the beach near Cape Schanck by Misses R. Russell and E. Cairns. It was addressed to the editor of the Adaminaby Advocate:
Going through the Melbourne Heads. We are just writing you a note, if ever you get it, to say we had a good time all the way from Sydney, all on board being fairly well today, but some of the Snowies were a bit seasick, as it was a bit rough. We had a few hours leave in Melbourne and had a good look round. The following send their names and wish to be remembered to friends in their town of Adaminaby: S. H. Turner, E. Power, F. J. Rees, Alf Tozer, G. Mansfield, J. Turner, A. Goodman, J. J. O’Neill, E. C. W. Venables, L. Freebody.
Submitted 26 February 2026 by Maree Woods
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