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Percival Francis Vere TURNER

Date of birth26 November 1886
Place of birthWeston, Bath, Somerset, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSchoolmaster
AddressAlthea, Beach Road, Edgecliffe, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, P. V. Turner, Cedar Lodge, Bath, England
Enlistment date14 September 1914
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name4th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Flying Corps
Promotions

Lieutenant


Unit: 4th Battalion
Promotion date: 25 April 1915

Honorary Lieutenant (reappointed)


Unit: 4th Battalion
Promotion date: 23 December 1916

2nd Lieutenant Flying Officer (Observer)


Unit: Australian Flying Corps
Promotion date: 23 December 1916

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31138 (22 January 1919); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 (23 May 1919).

FateResigned 6 November 1917
Discharge date28 July 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

AIF appointment terminated, 28 Julg 1916. Resigned commission in England, 6 November 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Date of death9 March 1969
Age at death82

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