Service number | NX12213 |
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Ranks Held | Lieutenant Colonel, Major |
Birth Date | 1909-07-08 |
Birth Place | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Paddington |
Death Date | 1942-10-27 |
Death Place | Egypt |
Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Service | Australian Army |
Unit | 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion |
Places | |
Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1941-12-30 |
Lieutenant Colonel Robert William Newton Turner
Rolls
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Major
- London Gazette
- 30 December 1941 on page 7358 at position 48
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
Timeline
Date of birth | 08 July 1909 | |
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Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) | 1928 | |
Interwar Service 1 | 1928 | PTE-CSM (CMT) Sydney University Regiment |
Date commissioned | 23 February 1929 | |
Interwar Service 2 | 23 February 1929 | lieutenant |
Interwar Service 3 | 20 June 1934 | captain |
Career summary 1 | 01 May 1940 | seconded captain 2/13th battalion |
Career summary 2 | 1940-05-20 - 1940-06-08 | course company comma |
Career summary 3 | 22 June 1940 | major |
Career summary 4 | 26 November 1940 | arrived Middle East |
Career summary 7 | 27 December 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 December 1941 | Mention in Despatches (Er Regima) |
Career summary 9 | 1942-02-19 - 1942-04-07 | course Middle East Tactical School (senior O |
Career summary 10 | 06 June 1942 | 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 | 24 October 1942 | wounded in action Shell/shrapnel wound buttocks |
Career summary 13 | 27 October 1942 | Died of wounds complications |
Date of death | 27 October 1942 | |
killed in action | 27 October 1942 | |
Career summary 5 | officer commanding B Coy | |
Career summary 6 | officer commanding Headquarters Coy | |
WW2 Service 1 | Benghazi | |
WW2 Service 2 | El Alamein | |
wounded in action | El Alamein 24 Oct 42 (SW Buttocks) |