Person Index

Turner, Edwin George

Edwin George Turner
b: 1897
d: 8 FEB 1919
Biography
Birth Details
1897/17923, Edwin George Turner, Mother: Charlotte, Father: Robert Withengton

Marriage Details
1918/1577, Bride: Florence Ivy Jones, Groom: Edwin George Turner

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database
Full Name Edwin George Turner
Rank Last Held Gunner
Forename(s) Edwin George
Surname Turner
War World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No. 79294
First Known Rank Gunner
Occupation before Enlistment Engineer''s fitter
Next of Kin Mrs F. I. Turner (wife), 7 Kepa Street, Wanganui East, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Unit 43rd Reinforcements New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation Date 2 October 1918
Place of Embarkation Wellington, New Zealand
Transport HMNZT 111
Vessel Matatua
Destination London, England
Nominal Roll Number 90
Page on Nominal Roll 20
Last Unit Served New Zealand Field Artillery (Reserve)
Place of Death United Kingdom
Date of Death 8 February 1919
Year of Death 1919
Cause of Death Died of disease
Archives NZ source Military personnel file
Sources Used Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1919


Commonwealth War Grves Commission Database shows
Name: TURNER, EDWIN GEORGE
Initials: E G
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: New Zealand Field Artillery
Age: 22
Date of Death: 08/02/1919
Service No: 79294
Additional information: Son of Robert W. Turner, of Petone, New Zealand; husband of Florence I. Turner, of 7, Kepa St., Wanganui East, New Zealand.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: AA. NZ6.
Cemetery: ALDERSHOT MILITARY CEMETERY

Karori Cemetery
In loving memory of Charlotte beloved wife of George White died 14 June 1904 in her 60th year.
Also of the above George White died 10 September 1926 aged 83 years.
In Remembrance Gnr. Edwin George Turner 79294 NZFA died Aldershot England 8 February 1919 aged 21 beloved only child of C and R. W. Turner, grandson of the above
Facts
  • 1897 - Birth -
  • 8 FEB 1919 - Death -
Ancestors
   
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Robert Withington Turner
1872 - 8 AUG 1934
  
  
  
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Edwin George Turner
1897 - 8 FEB 1919
  
 
  
George White
1843 - 12 SEP 1926
 
   
  
  
Charlotte Unknown
1844 - 14 JUN 1904
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Robert Withington Turner
Birth1872
Death8 AUG 1934
Marriage9 NOV 1896to Charlotte White
Father?
Mother?
PARENT (F) Charlotte White
Birth
Death
Marriage9 NOV 1896to Robert Withington Turner
FatherGeorge White
MotherCharlotte Unknown
CHILDREN
MEdwin George Turner
Birth1897
Death8 FEB 1919
Marriage1918to Florence Ivy Jones
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Edwin George Turner
Birth1897
Death8 FEB 1919
Marriage1918to Florence Ivy Jones
FatherRobert Withington Turner
MotherCharlotte White
PARENT (F) Florence Ivy Jones
Birth
Death
Marriage1918to Edwin George Turner
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
Descendancy Chart
Edwin George Turner b: 1897 d: 8 FEB 1919
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