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{{infobox soldier
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| caption         =
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| dateofbirth	  = unknown
| placeofbirth	  = Richmond, Surrey, England
| death	          = 11 Apr 1917 1st Bullecourt
| placeofdeath	  = near Reincourt, France
| enlistmentage	  = 25 years, 10 months
| description	  = 5'8" (1.73m) tall; weight 132 lbs (59.9 kg); fresh complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair.
| height          = 5'8" (1.73m)
| weight          = 132 lbs 
| complexion      = fresh
| eyes            = blue
| hair            = brown
| descriptionnote = 
| occupation	  = Dairyman
| religion	  = Congregational
| address	  = Seventh Avenue, Armadale, Western Australia
| relation	  = Wife 
| nextofkin       = Mrs Mary Elizabeth Turner
| regnumber	  = [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1920558 5331]
| enlistmentdate  = 22 Feb 1916
| rank	          = Private
| unit     	  = 16th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement to A Company / 4th Brigade, 4th Division
| embarkationdatefrom = 17 Apr 1916 
| embarkationdateto = 14 May 1916
| shipembarked	  = [[HMAT A60 Aeneas]]
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| fate1	          = Killed in Action 11 Apr 1917 near Reincourt, France
| fate2           = 
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| monument1	  = [[Armadale War Memorial]] 
| monumentnote1   = (West Armadale panel)
| monument2	  = [[Armadale Congregational Church Honour Board]]
| monumentnote2   =
| monument3	  = [[Villers-Bretonneux Memorial]]
| monumentnote3   =
| monument4	  = [[Armadale and Districts Roll of Honour]]
| monumentnote4   =
| monumentawm     = [https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1669871 Australian War Memorial]
| medal1	  = [[British War Medal]]
| medal2          = [[Victory Medal]]
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}}




==Pre War==
Herbert married Mary Elizabeth Smith in 1914.

Electoral Roll entries  - 1912 - 1913 farmhand at Botherling, Goomalling;  1916 at Chatsworth terrace, Claremont, a carrier.

==War Service==
Herbert's early records are missing.  After less than a month in Egypt, Herbert departed for France from Alexandria on 7 Jun 1916 abpard [[HMT Ionian]], arriving in Marseilles on 14 Jun 1916. Herbert was kept in the 4th Australian Base Depot at Étaples, France until he joined the [[16th Battalion]] on 23 Jan 1917.   On 17 Feb 1917 Herbert was admitted to hospital via the [[12th Field Ambulance]] and the 4th Division RS to have his eyesight tested, returning to 16th Battalion on 18 Mar 1917.  

On 11 Apr 1917 the 16th Battalion was a key unit in the attack on the Hindenberg Line near Bullecourt.  '''Pte Goode, 4035''' told the Red Cross <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1060724 |title=Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files - Herbert Winton Turner |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 2018|website=Australian War Memorial |access-date=2 May 2018}}</ref>.

<blockquote>.."I knew Pte Herbert Turner of 'A' Company, 5 Platoon. He was sitting with us, and a number of others at a cross road in front of Bullecourt on April 11th 1917, at daybreak when a shell exploded amongst us.  He got the full force, and was killed instantly.  I was wounded by the same shell,  He was sitting next to me.  I do not know where his remains are buried."</blockquote>

"....has gone to the front in France."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b1756512_394.pdf |title=The Drill of the Foot-Hills |issue=1917 |location=Western Australia |date=Mar 1917 |accessdate=16 May 2017 |page=12 |via=State Library of Western Australia}}</ref>

Herbert's death was reported in ''Casualty List 298'', published in the Daily News Thursday 17 May 1917 <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81017336 |title=KILLED IN ACTION. |newspaper=[[The Daily News]] |volume=XXXVI, |issue=13,184 |location=Western Australia |date=17 May 1917 |accessdate=25 July 2017 |page=6 (THIRD EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> . 

<div><ul> 
<li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Villers_Bretonneux_Memorial.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Villers_Bretonneux Memorial]] </li>
<li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Turner_Herbert_Winton.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Section of 16th Bn panel at Villers-Bretonneux]] </li>
</ul></div>
 

==Post War==
Mary Elizabeth Turner received a pension of 40/- fortnightly from 6 Jul 1917, and their daughter Doris Mary a pension of 20/- per fortnight from 6 Jul 1917. 

==Notes==
NOK a resident of Armadale during his absence.

==References==
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==External Links==
*[https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=306273 AIF Project]
*[https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/people/211363 RSL Virtual War Memorial]

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[[Category:Soldier]]
[[Category:1917 Deaths]]
[[Category:1917 KIA]]
[[Category:Killed in action]]
[[Category:Born England]]
[[Category:Congregational]]
[[Category:Dairyman]]
[[Category:Armadale-Kelmscott]]