Jack Turner (photographer) explained

Brenton Harold Turner, aka Jack Turner, (September 24, 1889  - October 6, 1989) was a Canadian war photographer.

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 2inchesx3inchesin (xin) 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.

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Notes and References

  1. CBC News, P.E.I. photographer's secret documentation of WW I goes on display, November 10, 2015, CBC News
  2. Web site: Display results for Fonds Acc2767. Archives Council of Prince Edward Island. 16 September 2015.