Edward Vernon TURNER

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TURNER, Edward Vernon

Service Number:	166
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 June 1950, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 166, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 166, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 166, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Edward Vernon Turner enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his photo was published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his brother R. Turner (Richard Robert Turner), South Brisbane. He married Mary Alice Couser on 13 Dec 1902 in Brisbane and later divorced. He married a second time to Agnes Mary Emma Gilbert on 14 Oct 1911 and they had 2 children.

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