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Henry Hoskin TURNER

Regimental number1998
Place of birthBooboorowie, South Australia
Place of birthBooborowie
SchoolBurra Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCarpenter
AddressAberdeen via Burra, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Nannie Hoskin Turner, Aberdeen via Burra, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date17 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name48th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/65/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 13 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateDied whilst a Prisoner of War 11 April 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialHamburg Cemetery (Plot III, Row G, Grave No. 3), Ohlsdorf, Germany
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
147
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Nannie TURNER, Railway Terrace, Aberdeen, South Australia
Family/military connectionsCousin: Killed at Gallipoli.

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