Hi Joy I can't help with military details, but I think it likely that the place your George Turner might have been born is Looe in Cornwall. This might help with locating a birth registration or baptism. The only other place I can think of with an 'oo' ending is Hoo in Kent! If you put Arthur George Turner into the Ancestry search fields with Looe as a place and a birth date of 1900 plus or minus ten years, the first hit is Arthur G Turner of St German's, Cornwall. The latter village is about 18 minutes' drive from Looe. Today's populations#St German's : 1427 and Looe 5280. Unforrunately he was born in 1920! However, if you look on FamilySearch (my preferred initial search and it's free), there's another Arthur George Turner born in St German's 20th March 1907. He has a third Christian name, but only the initial S is given. If this were your Arthur George Turner he would have been only 7 years old at the outbreak of WWI and I doubt if he'd have got away with lying about his age. There's an Arthur George Turner born 1897 in Bromley Kent, but nowhere nearby rhymes with Looe! He would be the best candidate age-wis. The answer to the whole research query depends how accurate your information about his name and place of birth are. LucyAnn ======================================== Message Received: Feb 06 2015, 02:32 AM From: aus-tasmania-request@rootsweb.com To: aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Cc: Subject: AUS-TASMANIA Digest, Vol 10, Issue 27 AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Information Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Today's Topics: 1. Arthur George Turner at Gallipoli (Joy Morrison) 2. Re: Arthur George Turner at Gallipoli (skut) 3. Re: Arthur George Turner at Gallipoli (symonds3) 4. Re: Arthur George Turner at Gallipoli (Peter Oakley) 5. Re: Arthur George Turner at Gallipoli (symonds3) 6. Re: Arthur George Turner at Gallipoli (Judy) 7. New book on rise and fall of Gunns (Judy) 8. James MacNamara/James Montague Morrison/James Morrisson (Joy Morrison) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 12:58:50 +0800 From: Joy Morrison Subject: [AUS-Tas] Arthur George Turner at Gallipoli To: AUS-TASMANIA@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hello Listers i?m not sure I?m using the right address? Apologies if I?ve breached protocol. A friend has asked me to try to establish was his father the youngest soldier at Gallipoli. I?d like advice on where to start with this. As today Ancestry Australian Records are free I started looking. Alas no Australian WWI records could I see in the Categories. What I know: His name Arthur George Turner Lied about his age to enlist Birthplace Loe or Lue in UK Born around the turn of the 20th C Lived in Western Australia having migrated with this family prior to WWI Married a girl family name Nightingale They lived in South Como, Western Australia from the 1930?s Had 4 children, John, Gerard, Kevin and Mary Arthur was a teacher I hope someone can help. Arthur?s only remaining son is now 82 and Mary is 85 . They?d love to know more about their Dad. Joy Morrison ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 18:20:16 +1300 From: "skut" Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Arthur George Turner at Gallipoli To: "Joy Morrison" , Message-ID: <1332BAA702074D75B3067EFCBEC492FA@HP> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=original Title TURNER, Arthur George - (Flying Officer); Service Number - 297440; File type - Casualty - Repatriation; Place - Perth, Western Australia; Date - 27 July 1945 Contents date range 1945 - 1960 Accumulation start date 23 Jul 1945 Series number A705 Click to see which government agency or person created this item. Control symbol 166/40/653 Item barcode 1082253 Location Canberra Access status Open Date of decision 19 Nov 2004 Physical format PAPER FILES AND DOCUMENTS (allocated at series level) Alternative series and control symbol AT2010/4, 166/40/653 Records authority class number 1023677 Date registered 21 Dec 1993 http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1919842 This site has his Enlistment Papers -----Original Message----- From: Joy Morrison via Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 5:58 PM To: AUS-TASMANIA@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-Tas] Arthur George Turner at Gallipoli Hello Listers i?m not sure I?m using the right address? Apologies if I?ve breached protocol. A friend has asked me to try to establish was his father the youngest soldier at Gallipoli. I?d like advice on where to start with this. As today Ancestry Australian Records are free I started looking. Alas no Australian WWI records could I see in the Categories. What I know: His name Arthur George Turner Lied about his age to enlist Birthplace Loe or Lue in UK Born around the turn of the 20th C Lived in Western Australia having migrated with this family prior to WWI Married a girl family name Nightingale They lived in South Como, Western Australia from the 1930?s Had 4 children, John, Gerard, Kevin and Mary Arthur was a teacher I hope someone can help. Arthur?s only remaining son is now 82 and Mary is 85 . They?d love to know more about their Dad. Joy Morrison ------------------------------- AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 16:42:23 +1100 From: "symonds3" Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Arthur George Turner at Gallipoli To: "AUS-TASMANIA" Message-ID: <7CC49047A82C4144961546D9B834FFAC@owner190f1459f> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=originalÅ Hi Joy, I read a book years ago, "Soldier Boy", by Anthony Hill, the story of Jim MARTIN who is the youngest ANZAC - he, too, lied about his age, saying he was 18, when in fact he was only 14 years and 9 months when he died in October 1915. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Martin_%28Australian_soldier%29 The youngest British soldier was a boy named Sidney LEWIS, who was only 13 when he joined up - his mother managed to get him sent home again. An odd coincidence, I was watching a show on the ABC yesterday about the Somme, and Sidney was mentioned in the stories. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2499832/Sidney-Lewis-Youngest-WW1-soldier-fought-Somme-aged-13.html I am sure the Australian War Memorian in Canberra would be able to establish where Arthur TURNER came on the list - http://www.awm.gov.au/ Cheers Trish Nowra NSW > A friend has asked me to try to establish was his father the youngest > soldier at Gallipoli. > His name Arthur George Turner > Lied about his age to enlist > Birthplace Loe or Lue in UK > Born around the turn of the 20th C > Lived in Western Australia having migrated with this family prior to WWI > Married a girl family name Nightingale > They lived in South Como, Western Australia from the 1930?s > Had 4 children, John, Gerard, Kevin and Mary > Arthur was a teacher > Joy Morrison ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 17:14:58 +1100 From: Peter Oakley Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Arthur George Turner at Gallipoli To: symonds3 Cc: AUS-TASMANIA Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 There's an Arthur George Turner from WA listed in the WW1 Dossiers here -o http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=1919842 Has some of the credentials required but not 100% sure... Cheers, Peter On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 4:42 PM, symonds3 via wrote: > Hi Joy, > I read a book years ago, "Soldier Boy", by Anthony Hill, the story of Jim > MARTIN who is the youngest ANZAC - he, too, lied about his age, saying he > was 18, when in fact he was only 14 years and 9 months when he died in > October 1915. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Martin_%28Australian_soldier%29 > The youngest British soldier was a boy named Sidney LEWIS, who was only 13 > when he joined up - his mother managed to get him sent home again. An odd > coincidence, I was watching a show on the ABC yesterday about the Somme, > and > Sidney was mentioned in the stories. > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2499832/Sidney-Lewis-Youngest-WW1-soldier-fought-Somme-aged-13.html > I am sure the Australian War Memorian in Canberra would be able to > establish > where Arthur TURNER came on the list - > http://www.awm.gov.au/ > Cheers > Trish > Nowra NSW > > > > A friend has asked me to try to establish was his father the youngest > > soldier at Gallipoli. > > His name Arthur George Turner > > Lied about his age to enlist > > Birthplace Loe or Lue in UK > > Born around the turn of the 20th C > > Lived in Western Australia having migrated with this family prior to WWI > > Married a girl family name Nightingale > > They lived in South Como, Western Australia from the 1930?s > > Had 4 children, John, Gerard, Kevin and Mary > > Arthur was a teacher > > Joy Morrison > > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 18:44:23 +1100 From: "symonds3" Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Arthur George Turner at Gallipoli To: "AUS-TASMANIA" Message-ID: <1BA94948E44E4E40BBDF8543F4F16A44@owner190f1459f> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; reply-type=original Hi again Joy, Found on FreeBMD in the UK - Arthur George TURNER, born December qtr 1899, registered Stourbridge 6c 192 - Stourbridge covers the town of Lye in Worcestershire. I can only see his WW1 record on the Index as the page won't open up, but it shows he was born Worcestershire, next-of-kin was his father Henry TURNER. Newspaper article asking if he was the youngest Digger - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59448177 The newspaper article says Arthur TURNER was aged 14 years and 10 months when he enlisted in December 1914; James MARTIN was born 3 January 1901 and enlisted when he was 14 years and three months old. Cheers Trish Nowra NSW > A friend has asked me to try to establish was his father the youngest > soldier at Gallipoli. > I hope someone can help. Arthur?s only remaining son is now 82 and Mary is > 85 . They?d love to know more about their Dad. > Joy Morrison ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 20:39:03 +1100 From: "Judy" Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Arthur George Turner at Gallipoli To: "AUS-TASMANIA" Message-ID: <308F98FC89AE49EEAC88C81B157B0F70@userPC> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; reply-type=original Alec William Campbell, the last Gallipoli veteran to die, was born in Launceston on 26 February 1899. ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 08:57:27 +1100 From: "Judy" Subject: [AUS-Tas] New book on rise and fall of Gunns To: "AUS-TAS" Message-ID: <16BE85FEB8A04611A0E25C167AC38CA5@userPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Leon Quentin Dempster?s new book ?The rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd? should be compulsory reading for journalists, politicians, and anyone connected to the forestry government. A shameful chapter in Tasmanian history. Judy Launceston ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 10:31:29 +0800 From: Joy Morrison Subject: [AUS-Tas] James MacNamara/James Montague Morrison/James Morrisson To: AUS-TASMANIA@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hello Listers We are seeking anything at all about James McNamara?s life in Van Diemen?s Land from 1864 - 1891, school? work? crime? Sometimes known as James Morrisson , he is the ?out of wedlock? son of Mary Morrison nee Quill and John McNamara Mary Morrison lived for many years in the Morrison family home at 13 Allison Street, West Hobart near the corner with Lansdowne Crescent. His step brother, yrs older, went whaling off NZ and working as a stone mason in Stawell. Victoria Young James was: born Aprll 26 1864 baptised June 26 1864 St Joseph?s Church Hobart Town Thank you to all who kindly helped with the research on Arthur George Turner, his son John is most appreciative. 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