Private John Turner

Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: John Edward Turner

Ancestor's date of birth: 02/1877

Ancestor's date of death: 05/08/1916 France

Cause of Death: Died in France in WW1

Service Number: 340

Colony or State of enlistment: QLD Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided

Unit: 7BN Australian Commonwealth Horse (QLD)

Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: Detail not provided

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided

Murray Page: 537

Contingent: 3rd Australian

Ship: Custodian, Date of Sailing: 09/05/1902

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Awards/Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal and SA 1902 clasps. 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Personal Characteristics: Born in Old Leake Boston Linconshire UK, Father - Edward Richard Turner

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: Unit did not see action.

Service and life after the Boer War: Mary Ellen Truner (remarried new surname - Ormonde). Served and died in WW1.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Sharon Adele Leppard, LESMURDIE WA
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Granddaughter

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