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Percival Charles TURNER

Regimental number2747
Place of birthWindsor, Brisbane, Queensland
SchoolBowen Bridge State School, Brisbane
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressFifth Avenue, Windsor near Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Florence Louisa Turner, Fifth Avenue, Windsor near Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in Citizen Forces.
Enlistment date4 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name52nd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/69/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 7 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll52nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death22.11
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 170), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
156
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert Duncan and Florence Louisa TURNER, Fifth Avenue, Windsor, Brisbane
Family/military connectionsCousins: Two Cousins killed in France.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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