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Turner Joseph TURNER

Regimental number7307
Place of birthGrafton, Lower Clarence, New South Wales
SchoolMarist Brothers (Catholic) High School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationStereotypist
AddressForest Lodge, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinSister, Miss K E Turner, 10 Ramsey Street, Rozelle, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in Royal Naval Reserve.
Enlistment date10 March 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 24th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 24 April 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 29 May 1918
Place of death or woundingHazebrouck, France
Age at death18
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialEbblinghem Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 37), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
42
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Turner and Catherine TURNER. Native of Sydney, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 7302 Pte Lewin Dryden TURNER, 4th Bn, returned to Australia, 17 March 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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