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Harold TURNER

Regimental number2897
Place of birthIpswich, Queensland
SchoolState School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressRedcliffe, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, William Turner, Petrie, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date17 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name42nd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/59/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll42nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 16 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 7), Poperinghe, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
136
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Sarah TURNER, Esplanade, Redcliffe, via Brisbane. Native of Ipswich, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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