Walter William TURNER

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Service Number:	186
Enlisted:	13 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goodwood West, Adelaide, South Australia, 10 December 1881
Home Town:	Clare, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 1 August 1917, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Pirie Oval WW1 Memorial Gates

13 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 186
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 186, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 186, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide

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Private Walter Wiliam TURNER was the son of John Alfred TURNER and Harriett CLARK.

He enlisted on Jan 13th 1916, following his elder brother who enlisted the previous November.

Corporal Henry Herbert TURNER, SN 2230 5th Divisional Ammunition Column

A younger brother was the first to enlist in January 1915.

Driver Edward John TURNER SN 5962/8985 2nd Divisional Train

Private Walter William TURNER died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen on the 1st of August 1917.