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William Samuel TURNER

Regimental number3266
Place of birthEngland
SchoolMasonic School, London, England
Age on arrival in Australia16
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Addressc/o W H Vaughan, Avenue, Granville, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Mrs E M Turner, c/o W H Vaughan, Avenue, Granville, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Corporal
Unit name19th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollActing Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 January 1917
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialBulls Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 39), Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
42
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Samuel and Edith TURNER; Wife: Eva Mary TURNER
Other details

War service: Western Front

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