John Turnbull (rower)

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

Boxing career
Turnbull represented England and won a gold medal in the eights at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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.