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Thomas Arthur Turnbull

1890-1951

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37604

About

Born in England

8 October 1890
Parents

Mother

Catherine Turnbull

Father

Cuthbert Turnbull

Settled in New Zealand

1912
Residence

Hometown

Arahura
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Lake Hockatetter Gold Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

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 60

26 September 1951

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 19/0116307, 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, “Thomas Arthur Turnbull (1890-1951)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/866

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