Regimental number | 656 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Bowral, New South Wales |
School | Bowral Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Carpenter |
Address | 306 Military Road, Neutral Bay, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M A Turner, 306 Military Road, Neutral Bay, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, G Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/112/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 5902 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 17th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
Enlisted in the AN&MEF, 17 August 1914; embarked for overseas service from Sydney, 19 August 1914. Discharged, 4 March 1915, on termination of period of enlistment. Re-enlisted in the AIF as No. 5902, Private, 17th Bn. Embarked from Sydney on HMAT A40 'Ceramic' for overseas service, 7 October 1916. Transferred from 'Ceramic' to hospital at Capetown, South Africa, 1 November 1916. Admitted to No. 3 General Hospital, Drill Hall Section, Durban, from Imperial Rest Camp (synovitis), 7 December 1916. Left Durban on 'Wiltshire' for return to Australia, 9 December 1916; disembarked, Sydney, 31 December 1916. Discharged, Sydney, as medically unfit (dislocated cartilage of right knee joint), 15 March 1917. Served in World War II in the Volunteer Defence Corps. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 74 |
Place of burial | Canberra Cemetery, Australian Capital Territory |