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Military service
Age:
21
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Division:
57th Squadron
Birth:
June 2, 1897
Galt, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 6, 1915
Galt, Ontario
Death:
September 21, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Charles and Margaret Turnbull.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Owen Mcilwraith Turnbull
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Photo of Owen Turnbull
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Family Photo
Left to right: Dorothy (born Dec. 26, 1891 and died Jun 26, 1948), Margaret (born Apr. 6, 1895 and died May 2, 1981) and Owen Turnbull. Brother Graham was born and died in 1893 and sister Mary was born in in 1899 and died in 1902. -
Galt War Memorial
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
Close-up of Galt War Memorial
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
Photo of Owen Turnbull
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Biography
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
2nd Lt. Owen Turnbull (left) with his cousin Maj. E. C. Goldie (right).
ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France
The Arras Flying Services Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras, near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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