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James Clifton Turk

1891-1968

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37592

About

Born in New Zealand

10 December 1891
Parents

Mother

Josephine Turk

Father

James Turk
Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

Public Works Department
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • 13th North Canterbury and Westland Regiment

    New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 76

    27 February 1968

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5557 18/0116211, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “James Clifton Turk (1891-1968)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/864

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