TURNER, Charles Thomas Elisha
| Service Number: | 2766 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Mangain, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Enteric Fever, No. 5 Stationary Hospital, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 21 March 1902 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 2766 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 2766, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
| 5 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 2766, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Embarked from Sydney on the SS Antillian to arrive at Durban, Natal on 12 May 1901. | |
| 12 May 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 2766, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Campaigned in both Eastern Transvaal and Eastern Orange River Colony. | |
| 21 Mar 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 2766, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, D.O.D. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Maurice Kissane
Charles Thomas Elisha Turner was the eldest son of Robert and Frances Turner of Mangain in New South Wales. He was born in Wagga Wagga District as per his attached 1876 Birth Registration Record.
He likely enisted to serve King and Country as he was a good horseman who could ride and shoot. Hence he passed the strict selection test to make the cut for the final 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles draft.
He campaigned on the veldt for ten months before falling victim to the ever present enteric fever. He succumbed in No 5 Stationary Hospital in Bloemfontein on 21 March 1902. Ten weeks before the war ended.
Charles was 25 years old as per his attached Family Death Notice.
Lest We Forget.
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