Jack Turnbull
Personal information
Full name John Charles McNicol Turnbull
Date of birth (1885-12-30)30 December 1885
Place of birth Horsham, Victoria
Date of death 2 May 1917(1917-05-02) (aged 31)
Place of death Western Front, France
Original team(s) Horsham
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1908 South Melbourne 12 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Charles McNicol Turnbull (30 December 1885 – 2 May 1917) was an Australian rules footballer , who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.

Family

The son of Charles William Turnbull (1862–1912),[1] and Agnes Turnbull (1861–1915), née McNicol,[2][3][4] John Charles McNicol Turnbull was born at Horsham, Victoria on 30 December 1885.

He married Mary Ellen Adams (1890–1974) in 1912.

Football

He played 12 games for South Melbourne First XVIII in 1908;[5] and, after this short VFL career, he returned to the bush and settled in Ballarat.

Military service

Employed as a bricklayer, he enlisted in the First AIF, and left Australia for overseas service on the HMAT Ascanius (A11) on 27 May 1916.

Death

He was severely wounded in action on the Western Front on 30 April 1917, and died of his wounds on 2 May 1917.

Buried at the Trois Arbres Cemetery, at Steenwerck in Northern France,[6] he left a widow and five children, one of whom was born after he left for overseas service.[7][8]

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