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Henry Newtown TURNER

Regimental number7494
Place of birthNew South Wales
SchoolCamp, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPostal employee
AddressCottesloe, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, Henry Turner, West Road, West Guildford, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 February 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 25th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/6
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 29 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 July 1918
Place of death or woundingHamel, France
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 29), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
138
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Postmaster General's Department Roll of Honour, Commonwealth of Australia Building, Perth, Western Australia. Dedicated to 'Officers from Western Australia who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918'. Parents: Henry N. and Annie TURNER, 1 Boreham Street, Cottesloe, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: Private S. Turner, No. 2998, 57th Battalion, died 25th October 1918, at hospital in England.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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