John Turnbull (rower)
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1917 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 January 1942 (aged 24–25) Asia | ||||||||||||||
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John Turnbull (1917 – 1 January 1942) was an Australian-born rower who competed for England.
Boxing career[edit]
Turnbull represented England and won a gold medal in the eights at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1][2]
Personal life[edit]
Turnbull attended Geelong Grammar School and was a student at Clare College, Cambridge, during 1938. A flying officer in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War, he was killed in action on 1 January 1942, and commemorated on the Ambon Memorial.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1938 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Famous Oarsman Killed". Weekly Times. 14 January 1942. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Casualty Details: John Turnbull". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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