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Life Summary

Name	Helen Alma Turner
Alternative Names	Helen Alma Newton Turner
Born	15 May, 1908 Lindfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	26 November, 1995 (aged 87) Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (bladder)
Education *	Bowral Public School (NSW) (student, 1913-1919) Parramatta High School (Sydney) (student, 1920-1924) Metropolitan Business College (Sydney) (student) University of Sydney (student, ?-1929) University of Sydney (student, 1932) University College, London (student, 1938)
Occupation or Descriptor *	clerk (1930-1938) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1930-1973) Federal, Australia statistician (1938-1939) Overseas geneticist (1939-1954) New South Wales, Australia statistician (1939-1954) Federal, Australia geneticist (1954-1955) Overseas statistician (1954-1955) Overseas wool industry leader (1954-1980) New South Wales, Australia geneticist (1955-1973) Federal, Australia statistician (1955-1973) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	University Women's Land Army (Sydney) (member, 1940)
Awards	Farrer Memorial Medal (recipient, 1974) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1976) Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1987)
Legacies *	Helen Newton Turner Medal (Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (member, 1975-1995)
Workplaces *	CSIRO (animal health) (scientist, 1931) Dept of Home Security (federal) (public servant, 1941-1944)

* Dates are approximate