TURNER  F.H.B.

Given Names:  Francis Herbert Blackley

               

Service Number:  32421

Unit:  Divisional Ammunition Column 3, 8th reinforcements                                                

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  26 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  Grazier                                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8¾ In                  

Weight:  156 Lbs

Chest:  35-37 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  11/9/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Lucy Marina Turner

Kenevith', Studley Park Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                      

Embarkation Date:  14/2/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Osterley

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Durham 

Embarked:  22/5/1919                               

Disembarked:  21/7/1919

Unit:  5th Division Artillery                                                                                                             

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  28/8/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  63278

Victory Medal:  61197

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  26/1/1890

Place:  Springsure, Queensland               

Father:  Breedon Francis Hamilton TURNER                                  

Mother:  Lucy Marina NANTES

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1920     

Place:             

Spouse: Nina Florence LANG

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 12/3/1952                          

Place: East Melbourne, Victoria                

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Trinity Grammar

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V91207                                       

Date Enlisted:  2/1/1941                                          

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary