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Cpl. David Doig Turner
New Zealand Expeditionary Force C Company 1st Canterbury Btn.
from:Geraldine, New Zealand
Corporal David Doig Turner, Gallipoli Veteran, survived the Somme. Gunshot wound - smashed left femur - shrapnel wounds to the ankle, leg, chest and jaw, collapsed lung, heart displaced to the right side - all on the first day of the battle of Messines. Fought to live. Made it home. Died peacefully at 82 years.