John Lancelot Harcourt Turner

Forenames

John Lancelot Harcourt AWMM

Surname

Turner AWMM

Service number

WWI 24822 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

26 Feb 1891 AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 24822 AWMM

Military service

• Royal Field Artillery AWMM
  40th Battery AWMM
• New Zealand Regular Force AWMM
  Royal New Zealand Artillery AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Cross (MC) AWMM
  Military Cross and Mentioned in Despatches - London Gazette, 22 June 1915, p5985 AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Twice AWMM
  London Gazette 22 June 1915, p5985 | London Gazette 4 January 1917, p261, Rec No 461 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 20 Mar 1916 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery, 4th Battery AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Captain/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

John Turner was the son of Charles and Annie Harcourt Turner of Wellington, New Zealand

Attended the Gunnery Staff Course Ordance College, in Woolwich 1913-1914

Served with 40 Battalion, RFA, August 1914 - February 1916

Next of Kin: Mr C. Harcourt Turner, Terrace Gardens, Wgtn (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

14 Jul 1916 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM II D I AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• St Peter's Anglican Church, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22014313
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/277532/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/277532
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.
  p. 30-31
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.