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TURNER, Wilfred Maurice
(Service number 25044)

Washdyke War Memorial, Timaru, pictured in 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.09 #01)

Waimataitai School War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

St Mary's Church, Timaru, memorial plaque, circa 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.31)

Washdyke War Memorial plaque, pictured in 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.09 #02)

Aliases
First Rank	Gunner	Last Rank	Driver

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Shepherd
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	(father), Smithfield, Timaru, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	15th Reinforcements New Zealand Field Artillery
Date	26 July 1916
Transport	Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Waitemata or Ulimaroa

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Field Artillery

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	27 September 1918	Age
Place of Death	Havrincourt, France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Pas-de-Calais, France
Memorial Reference	VII F 40
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Levels & Washdyke War Memorial (as Wilfred M Turner); Waimataitai School War Memorial; Memorial plaque, St Mary's Church, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Son of William and Allison Turner of Smithfield, Timaru

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database, August 2013,

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