Bill Turner (public servant)

William Terry Turner ISO (1 December 1887 – 26 January 1959) was a senior Australian public servant.

[1] Turner joined the Commonwealth Public Service in 1905 in as a clerk in the Department of Trade and Customs.

He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1916, and embarked from Australia for overseas service on 24 January 1917 aboard HMAT Anchises A68.

[4] Colleagues and business stakeholders celebrated Turner's retirement and honoured him at a function at the Menzies Hotel.

More than 100 people attended, and Turner was presented with an Australian painting and a radiogram for his wife Annie.