Norman Henry TURNER

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TURNER, Norman Henry

Service Numbers:	2337, Q124510, QX33502
Enlisted:	12 July 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
Born:	Altrincham, Cheshire, England, 1 November 1893
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	School Master
Died:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 14 April 1969, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland Plot: RSLLAW-003-0003
Memorials:	Wickepin District Roll of Honor, Wickepin District Roll of Honour WWI

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2337, 28th Infantry Battalion
13 Oct 1915:	Involvement 2337, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1915:	Embarked 2337, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle
30 Jun 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Division Artillery
13 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Division Artillery
1 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Field Artillery Brigade
4 Jun 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2337, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Embarked for Australia - on duty (Educ. Staff).

13 Jan 1942:	Involvement Lieutenant, Q124510, also QX33502
13 Jan 1942:	Involvement Lieutenant, QX33502, also Q124510
13 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX33502
13 Jan 1942:	Enlisted
8 Oct 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX33502
8 Oct 1943:	Discharged

Biography contributed by Linda Smallwood

Norman Henry Turner was the youngest of 2 sons to Alice Helen Hitching and Captain William Thomas Turner OBE, RNR. His older brother Percival Wilfred Turner was an Able Seaman during WW2 and was lost at sea when the Merchant Vessel Jedmoor carrying 7400 tons of iron ore was sunk by U-98 on the 16th of Sept 1941.

Norman enlisted in both World Wars fighting for the Australian Infantry Service in active service and laterly in Training as Camp Staff.

He married fellow Australian Service Corporal Rita Edna Crowther (QF 267985 / QFX 52905) on the 29th of March 1947 in Toowoomba, Queensland. They were married 22 years until his passing in 1969.

Sources: Ancestry, Fold3, Queensland BMDs, Wikipedia.

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