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Richard Burman Turner

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Memorial headstone, Richard Burman Turner, Woolston Cemetery (photo provided by Sarndra Lees 2012) - Image has All Rights Reserved.

Memorial headstone, Richard Burman Turner, Woolston Cemetery (photo provided by Sarndra Lees 2012) - …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard Burman AWMM
  • Surname
    Turner AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 6/166 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 May 1894 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 25 Princes Street, Woolston, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    John Richard Turner (father), 25 Princes Street, Woolston, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/166 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John Richard and Jessie Turner (nee Percival), of 25 Princes Street, Woolston, Christchurch, New Zealand.

    Brother of Frederick Everard Turner (2/103) and Edgar Mercer Turner (2/3110). AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    8 March 1918 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rutherford Street (formerly Woolston) Cemetery, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM Block G. Plot 64. AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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14 October 2016AllanRotoruaResearcher

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