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TURNER, Donald Robert

Service Number:	1432
Enlisted:	19 December 1914, Cairns, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cooktown, Queensland, 13 August 1891
Home Town:	Cooktown, Cook, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse breaker
Died:	Natural causes (heart condition), Rockhampton, Queensland, 12 September 1963, aged 72 years
Cemetery:	Rockhampton Crematorium, Qld
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World War 1 Service

19 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1432, Cairns, Queensland
13 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1432, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
13 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1432, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane
2 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1432, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
16 Feb 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1432, 9th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Anne Hutchinson

Son of Donald Robert Turner and Lizzie Coulsen