TURTON Lewis Cuthbert. Sapper, 13/466 Auckland Mounted Rifles. N.Z.E.F. previously served as Corporal in the Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry for 4 years, discharged in 1912. He joined up at Hamilton, New Zealand on the 13th August 1914. After he had completed training he posted to Mediterranean to join his regiment. On the 8th August 1915 while in action at the Dardanelles he received a gun shot to his head which fractured his skull . He was treated for his injuries on the field and later invalided to a hospital in Malta on Hospital Ship, Valdivia. He died of his wounds in Malta on the 25th August 1915. He was born on the 4th October 1888 and baptised on the 4th October 1888 at Goole, Yorkshire to Thomas Coates of 23 Grosvenor Road, Scarborough, Yorkshire who was his next of kin. His mother Betsy died in 1889 aged 43. He father later remarried to Emily Jane Tallents. On the 3rd February 1912 he left London for Wellington, New Zealand on passenger ship Athenic, occupation, farmer.
WORLEY Robin James. Private, 10/2381, Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F. On the 8th August 1915 while in action at the Dardanelles he was shot in the left arm and side of chest. He was treated at 16th Casualty Clearing Station and later invalided to a hospital in Malta on Hospital Ship, Valdivia. He died of cardiac failure as the result of his injuries on the 28th August 1915, aged 24 years at Malta. He was born on the 7th December 1890 at Reigate, Kent to Charles and Fanny Elizabeth, (nee Heather) of Priory Mead, 3 Park Lane, Reigate, Surrey. His mother was his next of kin. On the 4th July 1913 he left London for Australia on passenger ship Orient aged 24, occupation farmer.
BROWN John Martin. Private, 2/1424A, Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F. He joined to army on the 11th December 1914 aged 29 years and 7 months, occupation, telegraph linesman. He died of enteric fever which he contracted while in action at the Dardanelles. He was treated for his illness on the field, later he was invalided to a hospital in Malta on Hospital Ship, Valdivia, admitted into hospital on the 20th August and died on the 28th August 1915. He was born on the 30th April 1884 to Samuel John and Jessie Brown, of Scandia Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand, .
All at rest in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Plot A. Row XII. Grave 05.
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