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Alfred Henry TURTON

Regimental number2264
Place of birthManchester, England
SchoolPublic
Age on arrival in Australia2
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWool classer
Address48 Bradley Street, Springhill, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs Emily Turton, 48 Bradley Street, Springhill, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in Queensland Naval Forces
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 3, Military District 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/31/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A22 Rangatira on 25 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollBQMS
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of disease 27 August 1918
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 11), Surrey, England, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
17
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred Henry and Ellen TURTON; husband of Emily TURTON, Farrington Street, Alderly, Brisbane. Native of Manchester, England
Family/military connectionsBrother: killed at Gallipoli, 1915.

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