NX12213 Robert William Newton Turner, MID
NX12213 Robert William Newton Turner, MID
| Date of birth | 1909-07-08 | Paddington NSW |
| Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) | 1928 | |
| Interwar Service 1 | 1928 | PTE-CSM (CMT) Sydney University Regiment |
| Interwar Service 2 | 1929-02-23 | lieutenant |
| Date commissioned | 1929-02-23 | |
| Interwar Service 3 | 1934-06-20 | captain |
| Career summary 1 | 1940-05-01 | seconded captain 2/13th battalion |
| Career summary 2 | 1940-05-20 - 1940-06-08 | course company comma |
| Career summary 3 | 1940-06-22 | major |
| Career summary 4 | 1940-11-26 | arrived Middle East |
| Career summary 7 | 1941-12-27 | temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 2/13th battalion (vice Burrows) |
| Appointment | 1941-12-27 - 1942-10-23 | Battalion: 2/13th; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: officer commanding Headquarters Coy; Reason for end of appointment: killed in action: El Alamein (died of wounds ) |
| Career summary 8 | 1941-12-30 | Mention in Despatches (Er Regima) |
| Career summary 9 | 1942-02-19 - 1942-04-07 | course Middle East Tactical School (senior O |
| Career summary 10 | 1942-06-06 | lieutenant colonel (bd 27 Dec 41) reported |
| Career summary 11 | 1942-09-12 - 1942-10-30 | attached Headquarters 20th Brigade (a/g C |
| Career summary 12 | 1942-10-24 | wounded in action Shell/shrapnel wound buttocks |
| Career summary 13 | 1942-10-27 | Died of wounds complications |
| killed in action | 1942-10-27 | |
| WW2 Service 1 | Benghazi | |
| Career summary 6 | officer commanding Headquarters Coy | |
| wounded in action | El Alamein 24 Oct 42 (SW Buttocks) | |
| Career summary 5 | officer commanding B Coy | |
| WW2 Service 2 | El Alamein |
Occupation: Barrister
