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| Name | TURNER – George |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Rifle Brigade Depot |
| Regiment Number (s) | 4396 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 28th November 1854 / 20 years / Gosport Portsmouth England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8½ in Fresh / Hazel / Dark brown / partial loss of power of right arm |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Malta and Crimea – 8 months |
| Length of Service | 1 year 152 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 29th April 1856 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal Turkish Crimea Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Kensington London England |
| Pension Districts | 1856 2nd West London 1861-1893 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 10th November 1860 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PALMERSTON 11th February 1861 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1834 Southwark London Middlesex England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 25th December 1834 St George the Martyr Southwark London |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | TURNER Henry Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Eliza Not yet known Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | WHITE Lydia c 1831 Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Walter Henry B 1862 Fremantle Western Australia D Not yet known Jane B 1865 Perth Western Australia D 1865 aged 6 weeks Western Australia Henry James B 1866 place unknown M UNKNOWN Annie Jane (1866-1939) D 9th January 1949 Not yet known bur Albany Memorial Cemetery Western Australia Lydia Jane B 1868 Albany Western Australia D 2nd February 1888 aged 19 years Thomas Breaksea B 1871 Breaksea Island Near Albany Western Australia D 1894 Western Australia Frances Mary B 1874 Albany Western Australia M ROWAN Cameron 1901 Perth WA D 5th August 1905 Perth WA Buried Karrakatta CemeteryWilliam no dates James no dates: son on the inquest papers but could be Henry James. |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Granted Albany Lot P 7 3 acres |
| Occupation after Arrival | January 1870 – November 1883 Light House Keeper Breaksea Island (John Kelly) 1893 employed by A Y Hassell at Magedup 70 Miles from Albany Western Australia |
| Newspaper Articles | Daily News Thursday 6th December 1883 – page 3 Resignation of Lighthouse keeper Turner Daily News Saturday 5th August 1905 page 1 Funeral notice Frances Rowan West Australian Tuesday 19th September – 1939 page 1 Death of Annie Jane Turner Albany Advertiser Thursday 20th January – 1949 page 1 Death of Henry James Turner |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 28th April 1893 Magedup 70 Miles from Albany Western Australia died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the forehead. |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 20th August 1884 Albany Western Australia Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Reason for discharge: Disabled by partial loss of power of right hand and arm after fracture of both bones of forearm about their centre by a grape shot on 28th June in the Cemetery. The ball struck the arm obliquely and appears to have injured the ulna more than the radius. He also states that by concussion the humerus of the same arm was fractured in two places of this however there is no way direct … States that two pieces of bone came away from the fracture. Unfit for further service. Son Walter Henry Turner seems to have changed his name to Walter Money/Mooney Turner and married Frances King at Albany in 1892 and died Fremantle 1919. |