Edward John TURNER

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Service Numbers:	5962, 8985
Enlisted:	5 January 1915
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd Divisional Train
Born:	Emu Flat, South Australia, 7 January 1892
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	18 February 1980, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Tranquility, Wall 60, Niche C015
Memorials:

5 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 5962, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train
26 May 1915:	Involvement Driver, 5962, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
26 May 1915:	Embarked Driver, 5962, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
31 Aug 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 8985, 2nd Divisional Train, Discharge
Date unknown:	Wounded 5962
Date unknown:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 8985, 2nd Divisional Train, 4th Light Horse brigade Train disbanded after Gallipoli evacuation

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Edward John Turner was the seventh child of John Alfred TURNER and Harriett CLARK.

He was the first of three sons to enlist in the first World War. His brothers to enlist were;

Private Walter William TURNER SN 186 43rd Infantry Battalion. Died from Wounds on the 1st August 1917

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

He served at Gallipoli and in France and Belgium.

On returning from the war he married Myrtle Elizabeth Peel DAVIS in 1923.