Brenton Harold “Jack” Turner (September 24, 1889 – October 6, 1989) from O’Leary was an award-winning amateur photographer before enlisting in WWI. Upon joining the war in 1915, Turner decided to smuggle a small German-made camera with him when he went overseas. Years later, Turner said“I didn’t know what kind of inspection they’d have, so I made pockets in under my sleeve to hide it.” The officers in his company, mostly Islanders like himself, turned a blind eye to the illegal camera. He developed his negatives on leave, or on the battlefield: “In old cellars or any dark place you could get.” In a 1979 interview, Turner said, “It never crossed my mind, the future of these pictures, I just took them to suit myself.” Jack Turner’s work represents a unique look at life at the front during the Great War, shot through the lens of an ordinary soldier, not an official war photographer. After the war, Turner returned to Prince Edward Island, married, and took up farming in Knutsford, near O'Leary. Following retirement from farming in 1952, Turner returned to photography making prints from his WWI negatives. He also produced a number of new hand-colored images of Prince Edward Island – mainly rural scenes - for the tourist trade.