P11334.001 Accession Number: P11334.001

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Studio portrait of 3462 (3462A) Private (Pte) Arthur Turner, 3rd Battalion (later 53rd Battalion). An electrician from Petersham, New South Wales, Arthur Turner enlisted with his older brother 3455 Pte Harry Turner, and they embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Sydney on 2 November 1915 aboard HMAT Euripides (A14) for Egypt. In mid-February 1916 they were both transferred to the 53rd Battalion which relocated to the Western Front, France, in late June 1916. Both brothers were initially reported missing in action and following a Court of Inquiry were deemed to have been killed in action on 19 July 1916 at Fromelles, France. They have no known grave and they are commemorated on the V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France. Pte Arthur Turner was aged 19 years. (See also P11334.002)

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Accession Number
P11334.001
Maker
Dore Studios
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Digital file
Date Made
c 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor M Watson
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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