| Place | Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Adelaide |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR04120 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: 1.5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Certificate, Letter, Notebook |
| Maker |
Adelaide Advertiser Royal Australian Navy Turner, John Denzil Etoile |
| Place made | Australia, China |
| Date made | 1900-1918 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
China, 1900-1901 (Boxer Uprising) First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Turner, John Denzil Etoile (Lieutenant Commander, b.1864 - d.1949) and Turner, John George James (Sub Lieutenant, b.1894 - d.1971)
Description
Collection relating to the Boxer Uprising service of Gunner (later Lieutenant Commander) John Denzil Etoile Turner, HMCS Protector, Australia and China, 1900-1901, and the First World War service of his son Sub-Lieutenant John George James Turner, Royal Australian Naval Brigade, Australia, 1916-1918.
Wallet 1 of 1 contains one folder of items relating to Gunner John Denzil Etoile Turner and one folder of items relating to Sub-Lieutenant John George James Turner.
Folder 1 of 2 - Consists of a letter and souvenir scrapbook related to Gunner Turner's service aboard HMCS Protector during the Boxer Uprising in 1900. The folder includes a letter to Turner from the offices of The Adelaide Advertiser newspaper commissioning him and outlining his role as their Special Correspondent aboard HMCS Protector during the Boxer Uprising in China. The souvenir scrapbook was presented to Gunner Turner upon his return to Adelaide by W.C.C. [Cooper] of The Adelaide Advertiser, and includes clippings of Turner's newspaper columns written during his deployment, which cover the gunboat's voyage from South Australia, arrival in China, their reception, and return to Australia.
Folder 2 of 2 - Consists of three certificates relating to Sub-Lieutenant Turner's appointments and promotions in the Royal Australian Naval Brigade. The folder includes Turner's appointment as a midshipman in the Citizen Naval Forces in January 1916, appointment to HMAS Encounter as a midshipman in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve in October 1916, and appointment as an acting sub-lieutenant in the Royal Australian Naval Brigade to HMAS Cerberus (as an additional for HMAS Garnet) in May 1918.
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