Frank Clare TURNER

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TURNER, Frank Clare

Service Number:	2457
Enlisted:	16 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Entally, Carrick, Tasmania, Australia, 14 December 1891
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salvation Army Officer
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 27 September 1981, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
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World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2457, 9th Infantry Battalion
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2457, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2457, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane
23 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2457, 9th Infantry Battalion, France
15 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 40th Infantry Battalion
6 May 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2457, 40th Infantry Battalion, per SS Kaiser Hind
12 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2457

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Frank was the fourth of seven children born to William James Turner (born in Nile, Tasmania) and Ju;ia Ann Antone (born in Morven, Tasmania). Brothers Benjamin William (40th Battalion, 2nd Lietenant, SN: 2273); Norman Joseph (26th Battalion, Private, SN: 974); and Edgar Albert (27/12th Battalion; Private; SN: 8072) also served in the AIF in WWI

Frank married Elizabeth Jane Heale in Rockhampton QLD in 1915 - they were both Salvation Army Officers, and Frank was in Rockhampton when he enlisted in the AIF in 1916.

After his Discharge in 1918, Frank and Elizabeth continued their work with the Salvation Army - in Rockhampton and brisbane, QLD, and in Sydney NSW

Frank retired to Brookfirld in Brisbane, QLD following Elizabeth's death in Marrickville NSW in 1974, and was buried with her following his death in 1988

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