TURNER, Kastell Kenneth
| Service Number: | 861 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | Royal Flying Corps |
| Born: | South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 13 January 1896 |
| Home Town: | Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Civil engineer |
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World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Bombardier, 861, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Bombardier, 861, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 29 Feb 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 861, 2nd Field Artillery Battery, Discharged to the Royal Flying Corps with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Involvement Royal Flying Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Enlisted at the age of 18 years and 8 months, served at Gallipoli and was wounded in action, 26 July 1915, gunshot wound to the back. He was invalided to England and after recovering from his wounds was discharged to the Royal Flying Corps, 29 February 1916, as a 2nd Lieutenant. He served with the 29th Squadron RFC on the Western Front from 21 June 1916. He was flying a DH Scout no.5994 when he was shot down east of Ypres on patrol. He remained a prisoner of war until he was repatriated to England on 2 January 1919.
Posted to No. 29 Training Depot Station, 3 March 1919; No. 11 Training Depot Station, 29 May 1919; No. 11 Squadron, 13 July 1919; Central Flying School, 18 August 1919; Repatriation Camp, Winchester, 17 October 1919. On the Unemployed List, 7 February 1920. Relinquished commission and permitted to retain rank, 1 September 1921.
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