Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Turnbull, Fred Herbert

Born 12^th February 1897 Emu Bay to Alexander and Sarah Ann Turnbull (nee Pease) he embarked Brisbane 29^th June 1915 on board “HMAT Aeneas” with the 26^th Infantry Battalion.

Pte Turnbull was serving with the 7th Company Machine Gun Corps when he was killed in action 5^th August 1916 and as he has no known grave is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

Advice was received from the Defence Department on Monday that Private Fred H Turnbull was killed in action in France on August 5. The news was conveyed to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Turnbull of Carrick, by the Rev. Canon J. K Wilmer. Private Turnbull left Tasmania as a member of the 26th Battalion in May. 1915, and was right through the Gallipoli campaign. Since March 1916, he had been serving with a machine gun section in France.

The Launceston Examiner 13^th September 1916

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