TURNER, Philip Bingham
| Service Number: | 8156 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915, Claremont, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 30 September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | The Mitchell's School, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 3 November 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heilly Station Cemetery Plot V, Row D, Grave No. 21 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Gas Company, Hobart Roll of Honour, Tasmanian Amateur Athletics Association |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8156, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Claremont, Tas. | |
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| 1 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Melbourne, Vic. | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 8156, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 8156, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 2 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 8156, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, SW to head sustained near Flers. Evacuated to 36th CCS where he died of his wounds the next day. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Born 30th September 1893 Hobart Tasmania to Frederick Edward and Alice Ella Turner (nee Bingham) a clerk who embarked Melbourne 22nd November 1915 on board “HMAT Persic with the 6th Field Artillery Brigade.
He was severely wounded and burnt when a German shell landed in the gun pit where he was stationed. He was buried in the Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, France.
Mr F. E. Turner of Battery Point has received the following letter relative to the death of his son Corporal P B Turner
“I am taking the liberty of breaking in to your privacy to offer on behalf of the Brigade our condolences on the loss of your son. Corporal Turner was so affectionately regarded by us all that his death was to everyone a matter of deep regret. Not only his manliness and kind disposition but also his physical perfection had combined to make up regard him as the beau idea of an Australian. The boy received mortal injuries serving his gun in action and in dying showed the fortitude and self abnegation which we have come to know all our men display. He will not be forgotten and the debt will be paid with interest as time goes on. Whilst we cannot lessen your loss, I hope the knowledge of our pride in him may be some sort of consolation.” Yours sincerely Lieutenant Colonel Harold Cohey officer commanding the 17th Battery
The Weekly Courier 1st March 1917
Source: tasmanianwarcasualties.com
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