John Sutton TURNER

Nature of Casualty:

Wounds/Illnesses

7/3 – 28/3/17 in hospital with mumps

Service

France:

Marched in 28/1/17

Rank

Sapper

KI CONNECTION:

Cousin of George Alfred Turner (fathers – John & George) all living on KI

Death Notice

Given Name(s): John Sutton

Surname: TURNER

Death Date: 1973, April 12

Age: 85 y

Publication Date: 1973, April 14

Publication: Advertiser

3rd Australian Tunnelling Company

Relieved 255th Company in May 1916 in the Laventie/Fauquissart area. During the great advance to victory in Autumn 1918, the Company constructed a road bridge at Moudit, under shell fire.

Kleinig Ref: {1472}

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Descendants of :

John TURNER

Generation 1

1. John TURNER was born 26 Mar 1846 in Sutton at Hone, near Dartford, Kent, England and died 24 Oct 1931 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. He married Esther HOSKEN 10 Mar 1887 in Hindmarsh, SA. She was born 12 Oct 1860 in Edwardstown, SA and died 25 Jul 1899 in Smiths Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA, daughter of William HOSKEN and Elizabeth BROADBENT.

Other events in the life of John TURNER

Burial: ,Kingscote Cemetery, Kangaroo Island, SA

Immigration: 1859, Clara

Children of John TURNER and Esther HOSKEN:

i. 2. John Sutton TURNER was born 08 Mar 1888 in Smiths Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 12 Apr 1973

ii. Lily Esther TURNER was born 22 Mar 1890 in Smiths Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 19 Dec 1968 in Woodville, SA. She married Thomas Edgar Douglas(Ted) FOX 30 Dec 1914 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. He was born 14 Jun 1875 in Hoyleton, SA and died 14 Mar 1967 in Woodville, SA, son of Thomas Moorhouse FOX and Lydia DOUGLAS.

iii. Elizabeth Alice TURNER was born 19 Dec 1891 in Cygnet River, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 08 May 1973. She married Percy Charles Albermarle RANSOM 03 May 1917 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. He was born ABT 1886 and died 12 May 1924 in Hamley Bridge, SA, son of Thomas RANSOM and Anna CRANWELL. She married Norman John RUTHVEN 07 Nov 1934 in Adelaide, SA. He was born 1887 in Fremantle, WA and died 13 Mar 1981, son of John RUTHVEN.

iv. Ruby TURNER was born 01 Feb 1897 in Smiths Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 12 Apr 1958 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. She married William James NEIGHBOUR 29 Jun 1916 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. He was born 03 Apr 1897 in Goolwa, SA and died 12 Aug 1970 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA, son of Edward William NEIGHBOUR and Rachel Fanny SMITH.

Generation 2

2. John Sutton TURNER was born 08 Mar 1888 in Smiths Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 12 Apr 1973. He married Julia Mary Anne HURRELL 11 Oct 1919 in Exeter, SA. She was born 09 Oct 1895 in Semaphore, SA and died 06 Aug 1991, daughter of William Edward HURRELL and Gertrude Campbell CRAWFORD.

Children of John Sutton TURNER and Julia Mary Anne HURRELL:

i. Lilian Joyce Campbell TURNER was born 04 Jan 1921 in Semaphore, SA

ii. John William Claude TURNER was born 19 May 1923 in Exeter, SA


Last updated : 3 June 2021