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Tom Turner, Jack Annard, Willie Hughes and Robert Blair.

Thomas McCausland Turner was born September 1, 1877 in Swatragh,
Maghera, Londonderry, Ireland to William and Melisena (Bateman) Turner.

He was a schoolteacher in Co. Galway when he professed in 1898.
After John Long and William Irvine, it appears that Tom Turner
and Alex Givan were the very first two men to commit to the
work full time, in 1899.

In January, 1906, Tom Turner (age 27), Jim McCreight (24),
Laura Falkiner (29) and Aggie Hughes (27-sister to Willie Hughes)
arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia aboard the S.S. Oroya
and pioneered the work there.

After spending some time in Western Australia and Victoria,
Tom spent the last 35 years of his life as the Elder worker
in Queensland.
He also preached in Poland, Latvia and Ireland.

He died April 19, 1959, aged 81 and is buried in Brisbane,
QLD in the Mt. Gravatt Cemetery (MON4e, isle 6, plot 508).



He wrote Hymn Nos. 306, 236 and 369 in Hymns Old & New (1987 Ed.).

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