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Denis TURNER

Regimental number2191
Place of birthYorkshire England
SchoolSheffield, England
Age on arrival in Australia13
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCab driver
AddressWentworth Road, Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinWife, Mrs M A Turner, c/o Mrs W E Wearn, Wentworth Road, Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed with 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment at Sheffield, England.
Enlistment date28 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 30 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 30 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death35
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialGordon Dump Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 26), Ovillers-La Boiselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
90
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Husband of Mary Ann TURNER, 4 Colonel Braund Crescent, Daceyville, Sydney, New South Wales. Native of Park Sheffield, England
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103
Date: 29 June 1917

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