Henry Joseph TURNER

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Service Number:	1065
Enlisted:	23 September 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	East Ham, England, 1884
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Plashet Lane Board School, East Ham, England
Occupation:	Crane Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 72 Hedastone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

23 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1065, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1065, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1065, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
28 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
20 Jun 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 1065, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1065 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-06

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Arrived in Australia aged 28 years. Address at the time of enlistment was 133 Williams Street, Sydney, NSW

Son of Henry and Frances Ellen Turner of East Ham, England. Brother of Henry Turner of 13 Queen Alexandra Court, Wimbledon, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served as a Bugle Boy for a short time during the Boer War.

Served with the Cape Peninsula Rifles(4years), Essex Regiment (2 years and the Garrison Artillery (2 years