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John Edward TURNOUR

Regimental number854
Date of birth13 July 1893
Place of birthBlackrock, Victoria
Place of birthBlack Rock, Victoria
SchoolConvent
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDivinity student
AddressTheological Hall, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, K Turnour, Cohuna, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date1 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
Promotions

2nd Lieutenant


Unit: 59th Battalion
Promotion date: 9 August 1916

Lieutenant


Unit: 59th Battalion
Promotion date: 14 February 1917

FateDied of wounds 28 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres Belgium
Age at death24
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row B, Grave No. 8), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
169
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Keppel Arthur and Margaret A. TURNOUR. Native of Black Rock, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: A.W. Turnour, 38th Battalion, killed in action, Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium; J.O. Turnour, 24th Battalion, at Bullecourt, France, 13th October 1917.~
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Wounded: 25 April 1915; 5 Auyust 1916; 6 March 1917; 26 September 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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