TURNER, Charles Fredrick
| Service Number: | 45190 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Capel, Western Australia, Australia, 18 February 1915 |
| Home Town: | Capel, Capel, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Assistant Butcher |
| Died: | Forrestfield, Perth, Western Australia, 8 November 2004, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 10 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 45190 | |
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| 11 Jan 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 45190 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
One of four brothers who served in WWII, Leading Aircraftman Charles Fredrick Turner (Service No:45190) enlisted in the RAAF at No 4 Recruiting Centre Perth as an Aircraftman I on 10 July 1941 - mustered as a Fitter/Driver Motor Transprt. Promoted to Leading Aircraftman on 19 December 1942, LAC Turner was attached to Air Force HQ at Discharge on 11 January 1946.
Charlie was born in Capel, Western Australia in 1915, third of seven children of Frederick Henry Turner (b1885 at Goodward Sawmill, Lockville, Western Australia) and Fanny Shortland (b1888 in Greta, New South Wales). Frederick (a Butcher) and Fanny (a Dressmaker) married in 1911 in Capel, where they settled and raised their family and Frederick was a Butcher and Farmer.
Charlie first worked as a Garage Assistant on leaving school, and was an Assistant Butcher in Capel in July 1941 when he enlisted in the RAAF. In August 1941 he married Ethel Lillian Tucker (b1920 in Bunbury, Western Australia), and following his Discharge in 1946, Charlie and Ethel settled at Ambergate in Busselton where they raised their family and Charlie was a Farmer. In the mid 1970s they moved to Gingin, where Charlie was a Farmer. Charlie died in 2004 and Ethel in 2010.
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