Jack Turner (photographer)
For other people of the same name, see Jack Turner (disambiguation).
Photo from the Battle of Vimy Ridge by Canadian photographer Jack Turner
Brenton Harold Turner, aka Jack Turner, (September 24, 1889 – October 6, 1989) was a Canadian war photographer.
Life
After the war, Turner returned to PEI, married and took up farming in Knutsford, Prince Edward Island.
[1]Turner died 6 October, 1989.
Work
Turner was a soldier with the 2nd Canadian Siege Battery during the First World War. While in Europe he smuggled a German-built 2" x 3" format camera with him and took approximately 99 photographs from the war zone.
References
- ↑ "Display results for Fonds Acc2767". Archives Council of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
External links
- A biography on a Government of Canada website.
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