Jack Turner (photographer)
Brenton Harold Turner, aka Jack Turner, (September 24, 1889 – October 6, 1989) was a Canadian war photographer.
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Turner's photograph from the Battle of Vimy Ridge
Life
Turner was a soldier with the 2nd Canadian Siege Battery during the First World War. While in Europe he smuggled[1] a German-built 2" x 3" format camera with him and took approximately 99 photographs from the war zone.
After the war, Turner returned to Prince Edward Island, married and took up farming in Knutsford.[2] He died 6 October, 1989 at 100 years of age.
gollark: Wait, where are you getting the flipmints from? The AP?
gollark: > sees "2g saltkin; want any 4 hatchlings" on hub> frantically clicks> notices lack of 4 hatchlings
gollark: Turpentines aren't *that* rare, are they?
gollark: I only have them because they happened to be around in the AP one day.
gollark: This is probably one of those things where publicly open spreadsheets aren't the correct way to go.
References
- CBC News, P.E.I. photographer's secret documentation of WW I goes on display, November 10, 2015, CBC News
- "Display results for Fonds Acc2767". Archives Council of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
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