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Name | TURNER – William |
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Regiment (s) | 28th and 78th Regiment |
Regiment Number (s) | – / 3057 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 29th August 1843 / 18 years 2 months / London Surrey England Labourer |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 5¾ in Fresh / Hazel / Brown / Leech bites both sides of abdomen: scar on neck |
Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 13 years 9 months |
Length of Service | 18 years 258 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private /13th May 1862 / Chatham Kent England |
Campaign Medals | India General Service Medal with Persia Clasp India Mutiny Medal (possibly not entitled as in Depot) |
Intended Residence at Discharge | 7 Bowling Green Street Kennington Park London England |
Pension Districts | South London |
Pension Paid | 9d per diem 1881 Increased to 1/3d per diem for service to Enrolled Force |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 7th April 1866 Portland Dorset England |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | BELGRAVIA 4th July 1866 |
Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
Date/Place of Baptism | 30th May 1824 St Mary’s Lambeth London Surrey England |
Father Date/Place of Birth | TURNER Edward Not yet known |
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Sarah Not yet known Not yet known |
Siblings | Thomas (possible twin of William) bap 30th May 1824 St Mary’s Lambeth London Surrey England |
1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | WILLIAMSON Isabella B 1839 Moray Elginshire Scotland |
Date/Place of Marriage | 1st March 1859 St Nicholas Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland |
Children by 1st Wife | William J. George B 1860, Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland D Not yet known George Forteith B 10th June 1866 (at sea) bap at Fremantle Western Australia D 1877 Fremantle Western Australia Margaret Ann(e) B 19th September 1868 Fremantle Western Australia D 22nd August 1870 Fremantle Western Australia Arthur Emanuel B 1870 Fremantle Western Australia M STEPHANE Adeline 1892 Perth Western Australia D 13th November 1964 Nedlands Perth Western Australia bur Ashes dispersed Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia William Wardle (Waddell) B 1874 Fremantle Western Australia M Indistinguishable D 12th April 1958 South Fremantle Western Australia bur Anglican Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Austgralia David John B 1880 Fremantle Western Australia M HAWKINS Elizabeth D Indistinguishable |
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 | North Fremantle Lot P59 1.3.39 acres |
Occupation after Arrival | Sexton at Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle |
Newspaper Articles | The Herald 15th March 1879 West Australian 8th November 1907 (Obit.) Sunday Times 10th November 1907 (Obit.) |
Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 6th November 1907 Harbour Road South Fremantle Western Australia bur Anglican Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 13th June 1898 Perth Western Australia Not yet known |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | 1897 attended Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Banquet in Government House |