Regimental number | 4361 |
Place of birth | Oahu, Hawaii, USA |
Religion | Wesleyan |
Occupation | Marine engineer |
Address | Brisbane, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 30 |
Height | 5' 11" |
Weight | 152 lbs |
Next of kin | Friend, Mrs Amy Grady, 62 Rose Street, Darlington, Sydney, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served for 6 years in the Volunteers, Scotland (time expired); previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of teeth. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Brisbane, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Pioneer Battalion, 12th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/13/5 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death from cemetery records | 34 |
Place of burial | Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 47), Bailleul, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 13 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Madge TURNER. Native of Hawaiian Islands |
Family/military connections | Uncle: Honorary Major George Argo TURNER, Red Cross Commissioner, South Africa; Cousins: 19063 Sapper George Argo TURNER, 2nd Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 20 December 1918; 3440 Pte Archibald Bannatyne TURNER, 2nd Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 31 March 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 21 June 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 26 August 1917, and marched in to Pioneer Training Bn, Fovant. Transferred to Artillery Details, 13 November 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 29 November 1917; taken on strength, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, 6 December 1917. Wounded in action, 29 March 1918 (gassed), and admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance and transferred to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station. Died of gas poisoning, 29 March 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Mrs Alma E. (Amy) Grady was 'the unmarried wife' of Turner (Base Records to AIF HQ, London, 1918). |
Sources | NAA: B2455, TURNER George Miller |