Pioneering Teacher of Indonesian Receives Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).

On 2020 Australia Day, ninety-six year oldVernon Turner was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (AOM) for his extraordinary service to hockey (Glebe Hockey Club) in Australia, but he also played a significant role in establishing Indonesian studies in Australian schools.

Vernon Turner (going for the ball) playing for Glebe against Mosman at Jubilee Oval, Glebe in the mid-50s. Source: A biography compiled by Harry J. Wark, GDHC Historian.

Why did Vernon Turner commit so selflessly to coaching youngsters and mentoring other hockey players?  What important role did he play as a teacher and author in promoting Indonesian studies in Australian schools?  Vernon Turner, his wife Theresia and daughter Dr Kathleen Turner talk about Vernon’s service as a coach, mentor and pioneering teacher.

https://glebehockey.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Vernon-Turners-Biography-14-Febuary-2019.pdf

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Vernon Turner teaching in the 1979s at St Marry ‘s High School in Sydney. Source: Supplied