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ASSOCIATION
Name
Service No.
Rank
Service
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Date of Enlistment
Place of Enlistment
Date of Death
Age
Cemetery/Memorial
Grave Reference
Ralph Elvin Turnbull
SF95433
Private
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
May 17, 1924
Springhill, Nova Scotia
April 27, 1942
Springhill, Nova Scotia
January 1, 1954
29
United Nations Cemetery (Busan) South Korea
38.4.3212
Commemorated on Page 15 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance
Ralph Elvin Turnbull was the son of Roderick Martin Turnbull (1892-1936) and Mary Elizabeth (McAloney)
Turnbull (1890-1932) of Springhill, Nova Scotia.
Ralph Turnbull enlisted on April 27, 1942 and served with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps during
WWII. During the Korean War he served with the The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada.
He died of gunshot wounds on January 1, 1954 in South Korea.
He is buried in the United Nations Cemetery (Busan) South Korea.
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Remembering the Korean War
Korean War Casualties with a Nova Scotia Connection
Ralph Turnbull (left) and brother Harold (right)
Ralph Turnbull (WWII)
