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John Charles McNicol TURNBULL

Regimental number241
Place of birthHorsham, Victoria
SchoolRushworth State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBricklayer
AddressHorsham, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Ellen Turnbull, Firebrace Street, Horsham, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date6 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 2 May 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row J, Grave No. 6), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Agnes TURNBULL; husband of Mary Ellen TURNBULL, 317 Raglan Street, Ballarat, Victoria. Native of Horsham, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: I. Turnbull, died France, member of Band. Cousin. J. Turnbull, returned home, served 4 years in France.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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