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Louis Henri TURLAN

Regimental number5485
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolIrymple State School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarm hand
AddressFifteenth Street, Irymple, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Mr P Turlan, Fifteenth Street, Irymple, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed with the Militia.
Enlistment date15 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, 1918 France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row O, Grave No 20), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Mildura Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: Pierre Jean (d. 16 May 1922, aged 63; bu. Mildura Cemetery) and Alexandrine (d. 11 June 1919, aged 53; bu. Mildura Cemetery) TURLAN. Native of Adelaide, South Australia
Family/military connectionsCousin: Private R. Telly, M.M.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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