Brenton Harold Turner, aka Jack Turner, (September 24, 1889 – October 6, 1989) was a

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war photographer.

Life

Turner was a soldier with the 2nd Canadian Siege Battery during the

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. While in Europe he smuggled a German-built format

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with him and took approximately 99 photographs from the war zone. After the war, Turner returned to

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, married and took up farming in

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. He died 6 October, 1989 at 100 years of age.

References

External links

A biography and images
on a Government of Canada website (via Wayback Machine). 1889 births 1989 deaths Canadian centenarians Men centenarians War photographers People from Prince County, Prince Edward Island Canadian photojournalists Artists from Prince Edward Island {{canada-photographer-stub