John Turnbull (rower)

John Turnbull (1917 – 1 January 1942) was an Australian-born rower who competed for England.^[1][2]

John Turnbull

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	1917
Died	1 January 1942(1942-01-01) (aged 24–25) Asia
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	London Rowing Club
Medal record Rowing Representing  England British Empire Games 1938 Sydney Eights

Rowing career

Turnbull represented England at the 1938 British Empire Games^[3] in Sydney, Australia, where he competed in the eights event, winning a gold medal.^[4] He rowed for the London Rowing Club.^[5]

Personal life

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.^[6][7]