| Regimental number | 1842 |
| Place of birth | Cloughmills, Co. Antrim, Ireland |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 22 |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Draper |
| Address | c/o Mr Cunningham, N Gardiner And Co, York Street,Sydney, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 25 |
| Height | 5' 8" |
| Weight | 154 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, A Turner, Clough Mills, Belfast, Ireland |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 2nd Battalion, 4th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/19/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 54th Battalion |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Ypres, Belgium |
| Age at death | 27 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
| Place of burial | Menin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 12), Ypres, Belgium |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 160 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Ballyweaney Presbyterian Church, Co. Antrim, Ireland. Parents: Alexander and Rose TURNER, Cloughmills, Belfast, Ireland |
| Other details |
Appointed Corporal, 10 April 1915. Operated on for appendicitis, June 1915; wound did not heal properly; repatriated to Australia: embarked from Egypt, 28 July 1915. Re-embarked, 21 February 1916; disembarked Egypt. Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 29 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 4 April 1916. Admitted to hospital, 8 April (skin disease); discharged on leave, 10 June 1916. Admitted to 4th Casualty Clearing Station, August 1916 (injured foot: truck ran over); transferred to 22nd General Hospital, Camiers. Discharged September; transferred to 54th Bn; joined Bn, 11 October 1916. Promoted Corporal, 31 January 1917. Killed in action, Ypres, 25 September 1917. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Miscellaneous details | Also embarked INF2REIN14 |
| Sources | Robert Thompson, 'Ballymoney Heroes 1914-1918' (self published, 1999), p. 263 NAA B2455 file 1921305 |
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