Margot Turner
Dame Margot Turner | |
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| Born | 10 May 1910 Second World War
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| Awards | Colonel-Commandant Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (1969–74) |
Second World War
, she resumed her career following liberation and served in a succession of foreign postings.
Nursing career
Turner served with
Colonel-Commandant
of QARANC from 1969 to 1974.
Prisoner of war
Turner's obituary in The Independent recounted her horrific experiences as a prisoner of war held by the Japanese.[1]
The television series Tenko was created by Lavinia Warner after she had worked as a researcher for the edition of the television programme This Is Your Life which featured Turner, and was convinced of the dramatic potential of the stories of women prisoners of the Japanese.[2]
Honours
- Member of the Order of the British Empire(MBE; 1946)
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire(DBE; 1965)
Death
Turner died at St Dunstan's home for disabled ex-servicemen and women in Brighton, East Sussex on 24 September 1993, aged 83 with nurses and her carer Geoffrey Wilcock present.
External links
- Disposition of Dame Evelyn Turner's will
- Oxford Biography Index entry #101053383 (subscription required)
References
- ^ "Obituary: Dame Margot Turner". The Independent. 11 October 1993.
- ^ Warner and Sandilands Women Beyond the Wire: A Story of Prisoners of the Japanese 1942–45, 1982, dustjacket
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