Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Turnbull, George Andrew

Born 1893 Burnie Tasmania the son of Alexander and Sarah Ann Turnbull (nee Pease) a motor mechanic he embarked Melbourne 23^rd September 1916 on board “HMAT Seang Choon” with the 40^th Infantry Battalion.

On the 13^th October 1917 he was promoted to Vice Corporal and on the 2^nd March 1918 he was promoted to Lance Sergeant.

He was killed in action 28^th March 1918 in France and is commemorated in the Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Peronne, France.

His brother Fred Herbert Turnbull was killed in action 5^th August 1916 and like others with no known grave is commemorated in the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

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