Studio portrait of 3290 Trooper Victor 'Vic' Turnbull, was the son of Joseph Pearson Turnbull and ...

Studio portrait of 3290 Trooper Victor 'Vic' Turnbull, was the son of Joseph Pearson Turnbull and Edith Turnbull of Thornton Street, Wellington, NSW, and was a native of the Gallymont area of the District. He attended State Public School and later worked in the grocery trade before enlisting at Wellington on 28 February 1917. Turnbull later became a member of B Squadron, 7th Light Horse Regiment, which participated in operations in Palestine. In May 1918, Turnbull's Regiment was operating in the Es Salt area of Palestine when Turnbull was killed in unusual circumstances as later related by Trooper Hilton Hubbard of C Squadron of the Regiment. Hubbard said that, "the Regiment was in bivvy (bivouac) when a bomb descended, dropping in the midst of B Squadron tents, Vic and six others were killed". Trooper Turnbull was officially listed as killed in action on 7 May 1918 although there was some suggestion that the actual date of Turnbull's death could have been 7 April 1918. At the time of his death Trooper Victor Turnbull was 19 years of age and is buried in the Jerusalem War Cemetery.