Herbert ‘Bert’ Turner meticulously chronicled his daily life during the Great War, from Fremantle with the 11th Battalion in 1915, to France with the 51st in 1916, and the 4th Division Signals Company in 1918. Bert witnessed the taking of Leane’s Trench at Gallipoli, and the Battles of Messines and the Somme on the Western Front, while snatching sleep despite biting louse and “iron ration’ that were, at times, a little too close for comfort.

PROJECT LEADER & GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Matthew Willemsen

HISTORIAN & LEAD EDITOR

Shannon Lovelady

RESEARCHERS & EDITORS

Bev Sinclair, Axelle de Taille, Victoria Bird, Natalie White and Jessica Snow

TRANSCRIBERS

Jessica Snow, Quentin Evans, Sook Cheng Murtagh, Lynette Mobilia-Martini and Shang Jiang

Published by Museum of Perth, 8-10 The Esplanade, Perth Western Australia.

www.museumofperth.com.au

Book design by Matthew Willemsen

Cover Design by Wibi Udayana

Printed by Clockwork Print, Gordon St West Perth, Western Australia.

ISBN: 978-0-6485062-2-5

First Edition printed April 2021