James Thomas Turner (1899 - 1918)

Born 15 Mar 1899 in Ararat, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Died 11 Jun 1918 at age 19 in France

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Biography

James Turner is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Private James Turner Died of Wounds during World War I.

World War I Service ^[1]

James Thomas TURNER

Regimental number 6907A

Religion Methodist

Occupation Labourer

Address Ararat, Victoria

Marital status Single

Age at embarkation 18

Next of kin Mother, Mrs. P. Turner, Surface Hill, Ararat, Victoria

Previous military service 73rd Infantry Regiment, Citizen Military Forces

Enlistment date 30 August 1917

Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 30 August 1917

Rank on enlistment Private

Unit name 24th Battalion, 20th Reinforcements

Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 21 November 1917

Rank from Nominal Roll Private

Unit from Nominal Roll 24th Battalion

Fate Died of wounds 11 June 1918

Place of burial Terlincthun British Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No 3), Wimille, France

Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 103

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Note

Note: Died of wounds on Western Front in France - gas poisoning - aged 19 years. [Ballarat Courier 17 June 1918]

KILLED AT THE FRONT. PRIVATE JAMES THOMAS TURNER. Yesterday afternoon the Rev. E. E. Shackell, of the Methodist Church, received a telegram from the Defence Department asking him to convey the sad news to Mr and Mrs W. Turner, of Surface Hill, that their youngest son, Private James Thomas Turner, had been killed in action. The deceased was about nineteen years of age, and was well known in Ararat. For some time he was employed at Mr F. Thomson's grocery establishment in Barkly street, but just before he enlisted in November of last year he was employed by Mr W. Bates, baker and confectioner. The deepest sympathy was expressed for the bereaved family on the sad news being circulated, and as a token of respect the flags at the Town Hall and several business places were at half-mast. [The Ararat Advertiser 15 June 1918]

BEREAVEMENT NOTICE.

MR and MRS WM. TURNER and Family thank their Friends for their kind expressions of sympathy by cards, letters, telegrams, etc., in the death of their beloved Son and Brother, Pte. J. T. Turner, in France. [The Ararat Advertiser 22 June 1918]

ALLEGED CASE OF PILFERING. YOUNG LAD APPREHENDED. HIIS MOTHER AND ANOTHER CHARGED AS RECEIVERS. For some time past the old firm of Mackay and Thomson (which business is now being carried on by Mr Thomson) had reason to believe that pilfering has been going on at the grocery and wine and spirit merchant business in Barkly street. The suspicions were so strong that the police were acquainted of the matter, with the result that Sergeant Tucker, assisted by con stables, set himself out to capture the offender or offenders, who seemed to take a particular delight in making off with drinkables. The police visited the surroundings for several nights, paying special attention to the Friday nights, when Mr Thomson was absent for tea. Early in their pursuits they found sufficient evidence to implicate a young lad employed at the shop, but being desirous of making a bigger haul in the way of capturing the receivers, they decided to await events. On Friday evening last Sergeant Tucker, and Constables Ranson and Hennessy secreted themselves in the yard at the rear of Mr Thomson's shop. They were not long in waiting when, it is alleged, they saw a lad named James Thomas Turner, aged fifteen years, who is employed at the shop, emerge from the back door of the shop with a parcel in his hand, and at the same time a woman named Priscilla Turner, about fifty-four years of age, mother of the lad, drive down the lane at the back of the shop in a vehicle. The lad had just handed his mother the parcel, when the police sprang from their cover, and arrested both son and mother. The parcel contained two bottles of golden ale (a soft drink) and one bottle of wine. The two accused were taken to the police station, and at ten o'clock the same evening they were admitted to bail to appear at the Ararat Police Court next Friday. The lad is charged with stealing the ale and wine, and the mother, who re sides at Surface Hill, is charged with receiving the wine, etc., knowing it to have been stolen. A young lad named Walter Shevlin, fifteen years of age, who was also arrested, is charged with receiving two bottles of ale from James T. Turner, knowing it to have been stolen. He was also remanded to appear at the local Police Court next Fri day morning. The police have secured additional evidence regarding other thefts from the store. [The Ararat Advertiser 2 Feb 1915]

Sources

1. ↑ UNSW Canberra ADFA The AIF Project

• Birth VIC BDM Index 1899 Reg. no7269
• World War I Service National Archives Australia - Name Search Turner James Thomas : SERN 6907 : POB Ararat VIC : POE Ararat VIC : NOK M Turner Priscilla
• World War I Record NAA: B2455, TURNER J T
• Burial Commonwealth War Graves Commission PrivateTURNER, JAMES THOMAS Service Number 6907 Died 11/06/1918 24th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.; Buried at TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE; Location: Pas de Calais, France; Number of casualties: 3879; Cemetery/memorial reference: I. A. 3.

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