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TURNER, Stanley Arthur
(Service number 6/2304)

Aliases
First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date 13/06/1894 Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Talbot Street, Geraldine
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs W. T. TURNER (mother), Talbot Street, Geraldine
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 5th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date
Transport Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Canterbury Regiment

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

Carrier, store assistant, farmer

Death

Date 13 November 1960 Age 65 years
Place of Death Timaru
Cause
Notices Timaru Herald, 14 November 1960
Memorial or Cemetery Geraldine Cemetery
Memorial Reference Services Section, Row 504, Plot 4
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Stanley Arthur Turner was the twin son of William Thomas and Eliza (née Gibbs) Turner.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [16 December 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [16 December 2016]; Geraldine Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [16 December 2016]; Timaru Herald, 4 May 1959 (Timaru District Library) [16 December 2016]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [16 December 2016]; Timaru Herald, 14 November 1960 (Timaru District Library) [19 December 2016]

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