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David Doig Turner

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 738 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 738 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    David Doig AWMM
  • Surname
    Turner AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 6/2781 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 January 1890 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra GeraldineCanterbury Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 338 Talbot Street, Geraldine, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    James Turner (father), Geraldine, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 August 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/2781 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM CanterburyNew Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 6.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      140 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Joined Bn, Mudros, 30 September 1915, and reverted to the ranks.
      Disembarked Alexandria, 30 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).
      Embarked Port Said to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.
      Appointed Temporary Lance Corporal, in the field, 9 August 1916.
      Promoted Corporal, 15 March 1917.
      Wounded in action, 7 June 1917 (shrapnel wounds, chest, jaw, left leg), and admitted to 9th Australian Field Ambulance, and transferred to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station; to No 83 General Hospital, Boulogne, 8 June 1917; to England, 19 June 1917, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 20 June 1917; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 18 July 1917; to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 29 August 1917; discharged, 19 September 1917, to report to NZ Depot, Torquay, 10 October 1917.
      Classified 'Unfit' by Medical Board, 25 September 1917, and placed on NZ Roll.
      Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board SS 'Ruahine', 16 November 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action), 26 March 1918.
      War service: 2 years 344 days (of which 2 years 146 days were overseas) AWMM
    • David Turner spend time at the Lowry Bay Taumaru convalescent hospital for wounded soldiers on his arrival back in New Zealand. The Lowry Bay Taumaru hospital was based in the Eastern side of Wellington Harbour. Public - Scott - Researcher - 27 August 2021 - The September 1918 edition of the Lowry Bay Taumaru Hospital newsletter, called "The Taumaru Trifler".
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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 738 AWMM
    • NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM

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