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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.

Sources: Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave

Remembering the Korean War Korean War Casualties with a Nova Scotia Connection

Ralph Turnbull (left) and brother Harold (right)

Ralph Turnbull (WWII)