Jack Wilfred TURNER

TURNER, Jack Wilfred

Service Number: S16683
Enlisted: 14 February 1940, Kensington, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Caltowie, SA, 9 April 1919
Home Town: Heathpool, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling: Prince Alfred College, Adelaide High School
Occupation: Grocer
Died: 22 August 1987, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
RSL, Wall 122, Niche C008
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

14 Feb 1940: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S16683, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
14 Feb 1940: Enlisted Kensington, SA
14 Feb 1940: Enlisted S16683
9 Aug 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Edwin Robert and Hilda G TURNER of 19 Heathpool Road, Heathpool, SA.  Educated at Prince Alfred College in civilian life he was a grocer.  Enlisting in June 1940 he served five months at Alice Springs and then left for Singapore in February 1941.