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TURNER, Herbert Sydney
| Service Numbers: | 2267, Commissioned Officer, S833 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 4 Garrison Battalion (SA) |
| Born: | Bowden SA, 8 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Nailsworth Public School |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | 25 October 1971, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Keswick Prospect Highbury Street Methodist Sunday School Roll of Honour, Nailsworth Primary School Great War Roll of Honour, Prospect Methodist Sunday School Honour Roll, Prospect Roll of Honour G-Z WWI Board |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2267, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 27 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 2267, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Malakuta, Adelaide | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2267, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2267, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines | |
| 30 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2267, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres | |
| 25 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2267, 32nd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Dec 1940: | Involvement Lieutenant, S833 | |
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| 12 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, S833 | |
| 12 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Lieutenant, S833, 4 Garrison Battalion (SA) , Keswick, SA | |
| 4 Dec 1943: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Herbert Sydney Turner (1894-1971)
Herbert Sydney Turner was born at Bowden, on 8th August 1894 to Thomas and Martha Turner of 47 Gloucester Rd, Nailsworth. Educated at Nailsworth Primary School he was later apprenticed to Mr R Clisby of Gilberton for five years, to become a qualified carpenter. He had 1 year with the senior fadets and another 5 with the 80th Infantry (Militia) battalion, before enlisting into the AIF on 11 August 1915.
He embarked with the 32nd Battalion on June 24 1916, having been appointed Temporary Sergeant in March 1916. Herbert was to see service in France and Belgium.
The 32nd Battalion was badly mauled at Fromelles on 19/20th July on the left flank of the 5th Division attack, and Herbert formed part of a reinforcement draft. He reverted to Private while they were undergoing training at No. 5 Base Depot. Herbert was taken on strength in the 32nd Battalion on 17 February 1917, and promoted Temporary Corporal. He was promoted to Temporary Sergeant ten days later.
He was wounded at Corbie in France on April 25 1918. At this time the AIF was fending off a German attempt to seize the rail head at Amiens. The 32nd Battalion as part of the 5th Division was defending a spur line between the river Ancre and the Somme.
Herbert recovered from his wounds and returned to duty and was promptly despatched to the Officer Training School in Oxford in the UK. By the time he completed his training the war was over.
He was discharged on 21 September 1919.
He re-enlisted in WW2 as a Lieutenant and was commissioned into the 4th Garrison Battalion with which he served until the 'slimming down' of Australia's Military Forces once the perceived threat of Japanese invasion dissipated.
He had married Edith pear Turner and they had two children, Bob and Janice. They in turn married Sandra and David respectively and in due course hrbert and Marth became Grandarents to Christopher, Angus Sue and Anne.
Herbert Turner died on 25 October 1971 and is interred at Adelaide's Centennial Park Cemetery.
Sources:
RSL SA Membership records
NAA Service record
All Australian Memorial p 11e
Compiled by Steve Larkins Dec 20
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