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Wilson Turton
Name on Board | W Turton |
Name on Service Records |
Wilson Turton |
Enlistment Age | 35 |
Occupation | Stoker |
Place of Birth | Huddersfield, England |
Next of Kin | Mary Elizabeth Turton |
Address | 7 Melrose Street, Newport, Vic |
Marital Status | M |
Enlistment Date | 31/01/1916 |
Service No. | 5424 |
Enlistment Place | Melbourne, Vic |
Embarkation Place | Melbourne |
Embarkation Date | 28/07/1916 |
Embarkation Ship | HMAT Themistocles A32 |
Unit on Embarkation | 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion |
Date of Death | 15/06/1918 |
Unit on Death | 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion |
Rank on Death | Private |
Cause of Death | KIA |
Place of Wounding/ Death |
France |
Cemetery or Memorial | Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Peronne, Picardie, France |
Additional Information
Australian War Memorial Photo E02460: Group portrait of A Company of the 22nd Battalion with their rifles and lewis guns, France: Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Franvillers, 31 May 1918
Additional References
Australian War Memorial Photo E02460
Additional Documents and Photographs
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