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Military service
Service number:
466258
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Birth:
December 2, 1878
Edinburgh, Scotland
Enlistment:
July 7, 1915
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
August 16, 1917
France
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Additional information
Son of David Binnie Turner and Isabella (nee Hendrie) Turner; husband of Mary Caldwell Turner, of Edmonton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Private Alexander Hendrie Turner
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Inscription
Inscription left by Private Turner before the battle of Hill 70 at Loos (August 15, 1917). -
Inscription on Vimy Memorial
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Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Morning Bulletin c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Morning Bulletin c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.April 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Hendrie Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Hendrie Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Hendrie Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Hendrie Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Hendrie Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Hendrie Turner
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 341 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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