Gordon Wallace TURNBULL

Regimental number10/731
Date of birth27 February 1892
Place of birthNew Plymouth
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer
AddressNew Plymouth
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22.7
Height5' 10"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Turnbull, New Plymouth
Previous military service'A' Company, 11th (Taranaki Rifles) Regiment
Enlistment date12 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNew Plymouth
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 7 August 1915
Family/military connectionsAlso served in New Zealand Army between January 1942 and March 1942.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Admitted to No.2 Australian Field Ambulance, Anzac, 30 April 1915 (rheumatism); transferred to No.2 General Hospital, Cairo, 3 May 1915; to Lady Godley's Convalescent Home, Alexandria, 24 May 1915; to Convalescent Depot, Alexandria, 9 June 1915; discharged to duty at NZ Advanced Depot, Alexandria, 22 June 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HS 'Tahiti', 7 August 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 11 September 1915; discharged, 9 October 1915.

Total war service: 1 year 59 days (of which 331 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death30 December 1975. New Plymouth
Age at death83
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 24064210

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