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Sydney George TURNER

Regimental number3495
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMechanical engineer
AddressCleveland Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Turner, Bates Street, Portland, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name53rd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/70/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 January 1917
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3495A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularGassed in Villers-Bretonneux, 1918 France, died in Chett Hospital
FateDied of wounds 2 May 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, 1918 France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialCheltenham Cemetery (Row M, Grave No. 9161), Prestbury, Gloucestershire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
158
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Harry and Elizabeth TURNER, 202 Oxford Street, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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