Detail victim

Name TURNER
Initials B
First name BENJAMIN
Place of birth Adelaide
Country South Australia, Australia
Last residence Bellevue, Western Australia
Family Son of B.W. Turner, Rason Avenue, Bellevue; his brother Thomas 'Stormy' Turner also served and was with him when he died.
Profession Labourer
Extra info He was a boxer

Place & date of enlistment 2 September 1914, Blackboy Hill
Service number 365
Rank Corporal
Medals South Australia
Regiment and unit 11th Bn. Australian Infantry
Division - Brigade 3rd Brigade
Army - Corps - Division 1st Australian Division
National force A.I.F.
Other data related to military career Embarked 2 November 1914, Fremantle; wounded at the landing at Gallipoli, 25 april 1915; wounded in the fighting for Leane's Trench, 31 July; reambarked September 1916; to France 17 December 1916

Wounded 20 September, Glencorse Wood
Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds, compound fracture left leg, right leg and hands; arm amputated; in n°3 Can CCS
Date of death 20 September 1917
Died at the age of 25
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XIX - A - 5