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Cecil Edward TURNER

Regimental number7561
Place of birthHamley Bridge, South Australia
SchoolSturt Street Public School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressAdelaide, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinWife, Mrs L J Turner, 18 George Street off Halifax Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 July 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 25th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 April 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialBelieved to be buried Meteren Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row M, Grave No. 917), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
60
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William George and Catherine TURNER; husband of Louisa J. TURNER, 77 Halifax Street, Adelaide, South Australia. Commemorated in North Road Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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