TURNBULL, Andrew Murdoch
| Service Number: | 2003 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Railway Operating Company |
| Born: | Stirling, Scotland , 1892 |
| Home Town: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Striker |
| Died: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 4 August 1957, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-25. 20. |
| Memorials: | Merewether Memorial Gates, Newcastle Grand United Order of Oddfellows Newcastle Branch 1086, Park Street Methodist Sabbath School HR |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2003, Railway Unit (AIF) | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 2003, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 2003, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 21 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2003, 2nd Light Railway Operating Company, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
66 years ago today, on the 5th August 1957, Sapper Andrew Murdoch Turnbull, 2nd Australian Light Railway Operating Company (Reg No-2003), striker (railways), from Knott Street, Merewether, New South Wales and 6 Burwood Street, Merewether, N.S.W. (1926), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 65. METHODIST 4-25. 20.
Born at Stirling, Scotland about 1892 to Andrew and Mary Agnes Turnbull; husband of Minnie (Mina) Ann Turnbull nee Eastlake (married 1915, Merewether, N.S.W., died 13.6.1983, 25 years a widow, sleeping here), Andrew enlisted on the 17th January 1917 with the Railway Unit and Reinforcements at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on the 11th May 1917.
Admitted to hospital 6.6.1917 (influenza).
Granted leave to England from 14.9.1918 to the 30.9.1918.
Granted leave to Paris from 9.2.1919 to the 20.2.1919.
Admitted to hospital at sea 24.7.1919 (scabies), 3.8.1919 (abscess).
Andrew returned home sick on the 17th August 1919, being discharged on the 21st September 1919.
Mr. Turnbull’s name has been inscribed on the Merewether (Mitchell Park) Memorial Gates, Merewether (Park Street) Methodist Sabbath School Roll of Honour, Newcastle Branch (No-1086) Grand United Order of Oddfellows Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Andrew’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states DIED, 4/8/1957.
Officially commemorated 15.11.1957 – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
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Lest We Forget.
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