Ernest "Ernie" TURNER^[1]

1908 - 1957  (49 years)

• Name	Ernest "Ernie" TURNER
  Nickname	Ernie
  Birth	1908	New Zealand
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	G5N6-X3F
  Obituary	29 Aug 1957	Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand   [2]
  _UID	A96FD2B496994EBF80199DBF65087E692338
  Death	29 Aug 1957	Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand
  Burial	30 Aug 1957	Waikumete Cemetery Auckland, New Zealand
  Person ID	I27181	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Alfred Edward TURNER,   b. 1871, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand d. 4 Sep 1922, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Alice Maud DAVIES,   b. 8 May 1883, Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand d. 12 May 1922, Costley Home, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1902	Auckland, New Zealand   [3]
  Family ID	F2449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Osra Beryl SMITH,   b. 9 Aug 1918, Pukekohe, New Zealand d. 30 Apr 1991, New Zealand (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	13 Jul 1946	Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  Children	1. Shirly TURNER   2. Morris Edward TURNER   3. Grenville Frederick "Grumpy" TURNER   4. Robyn TURNER
  Family ID	F2442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos		NZ Soldier in Africa WWII
  		Discharge Ernest Turner

  
  

• Notes

  Served in WWII - Found on WWII Army Nominal Rolls Embarkation in 1941; Army #28240, Last residence Auckland, NZ and relative listed as Sister Mrs. Mona Campbell. Captured in Egypt, Africa as a POW of the Germans. Returned to New Zealand in 1946 and discharged a private after 5yrs 230 days service - have discharge paper. Obituary mentions children, wife and father and mother in law by name, and Ernie was his nickname. His sister Mona (Eileen Moana Campbell) and husband Bob (Robert) Campbell were also mentioned. Possible birthplace, Dunedin, NZ in June 1908, Folio 2871 for New Zealand Birth Index. Mentions Ernest Frederick Turner but cannot verify if same - least likely. More likely, also found March 1908 Birth Index folio #43 shows an Ernest Turner born in Auckland, NZ.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1111] compiled by James H Carney, Jim Carney, Military Service (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 4 Apr 2024), entry for Ernest TURNER, person ID G5N6-X3F. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 4 Apr 2024), entry for Alfred Edward TURNER, person ID LZV7-BCB. (Reliability: 3).