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Walter William TURNER

Regimental number186
Place of birthGoodwood, Adelaide, South Australia
SchoolCamp, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressSolomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinMother, Mrs Harriet Turner, same address
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name43rd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/60/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 9 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll43rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 August 1917
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialTrois-Abres Cemetery (Plot I, Row V, Grave No. 29), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
137
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Alfred and Harriett TURNER. Native of Clare, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1908 Lance Corporal Oswald Roy TURNER, 34th bn, returned to Australia, 24 August 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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