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Military service
Service number:
192040
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
April 3, 1884
Death:
October 7, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 36.
Additional information
Born at Liverpool, England. Son of William D. Turnbull, and Jane Carson, his wife. A foreman carpenter.
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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Cap Badge
Cap Badge 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Turnbull enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
Shoulder Patch 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Turnbull enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Turnbull enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of ROBERT CARSON TURNBULL
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for he project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Carson Turnbull
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Carson Turnbull
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Carson Turnbull
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Carson Turnbull
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Carson Turnbull
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Carson Turnbull
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Carson Turnbull
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Carson Turnbull
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 175 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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