Turner C.T. : Military and health.Enlisted: Captain 14 Jul 1915 - 6 May 1919

 Military service: id 70583
Type of event
Specific terms.Military and health.Enlisted
Rank
Captain
Force or Unit
A.I.F. Australian Imperial Forces
Sources
Other
Source Details free text
Verco, C. et al, Blood, Sweat and Fears : medical practitioners and medical students of South Australia who served in World War I, 2014
Start date
14 Jul 1915
End date
6 May 1919
Short description
C T Turner was working at the Adelaide Hospital at the time he enlisted. He  was posted to the 2 AGH (Australian General Hospital). he was appointed Regimental Medical Officer to the newly formed 1st Pioneer Battalion in Egypt in 1916.He then served in France for the remainder of the war.
Turner continued in the Militia after World War I.
He enlisted in World War II at Mt. Gambier and was called up for full-time duty in 1942. After that war ended, he continued to serve in the Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve.
 
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