Lieutenant Colonel Robert William Newton Turner

Service number	NX12213
Ranks Held	Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date	08/07/1909
Birth Place	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Paddington
Death Date	27/10/1942
Death Place	Egypt
Final Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Service	Australian Army
Unit	2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places	Egypt Paddington
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

Career summary 6		officer commanding Headquarters Coy
wounded in action		El Alamein 24 Oct 42 (SW Buttocks)
WW2 Service 1		Benghazi
Career summary 5		officer commanding B Coy
WW2 Service 2		El Alamein
Date of birth	08/07/1909
Interwar Service 1	1928	PTE-CSM (CMT) Sydney University Regiment
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs)	1928
Date commissioned	23/02/1929
Interwar Service 2	23/02/1929	lieutenant
Interwar Service 3	20/06/1934	captain
Career summary 1	01/05/1940	seconded captain 2/13th battalion
Career summary 2	1940-05-20 - 1940-06-08	course company comma
Career summary 3	22/06/1940	major
Career summary 4	26/11/1940	arrived Middle East
Career summary 7	27/12/1941	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	30/12/1941	Mention in Despatches (Er Regima)
Career summary 12	24/10/1942	wounded in action Shell/shrapnel wound buttocks
Career summary 11	1942-09-12 - 1942-10-30	attached Headquarters 20th Brigade (a/g C
Career summary 13	27/10/1942	Died of wounds complications
Date of death	27/10/1942
Career summary 9	1942-02-19 - 1942-04-07	course Middle East Tactical School (senior O
Career summary 10	06/06/1942	lieutenant colonel (bd 27 Dec 41) reported
killed in action	27/10/1942