TURNER L.R.

Given Names:  Lindsay Robert

Service Number: 

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade, 28th reinforcements                                                              

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                     

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Age:  29 Yrs   

Occupation:  Barrister & Solicitor                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10¼ In                

Weight:  158 Lbs

Chest:  33-37 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/5/1916

Place: 

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Mary Elizabeth Turner

Holly House', Murphy Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria                                                              

Embarkation Date:  9/11/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Port Sydney A15

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Czariza/Dunluce Castle                    

Embarked:  16/3/1919                               

Disembarked:  15/5/1919

Unit:  1/5 Division Artillery                                                                                                             

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  7/6/1919                         

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  6979

Victory Medal:  66918

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  22/4/1887

Place:  Bairnsdale, Victoria                      

Father:  Henry Allcard TURNER               

Mother:  Mary Elizabeth GAMLIN

MARRIAGE

Year:  1919     

Place:  Melbourne                                   

Spouse: Gladys Estelle FRASER

DEATH

Date or Year: 22/8/1964                          

Place: Mitcham, Victoria                          

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 22/10/1918; gun shot wound, face (fractured his jaw)

Saw action on a number of battlefields in France, including Villers-Bretonneux, Moriancourt, Amiens, Peronne  the Hindenburg Line

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

University of Melbourne

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

COMMENTS

On application gave address as 'Tawan Lodge', Stawell Street, Kew

FURTHER INFORMATION

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