Herbert (Bruiser) TURK

TURK, Herbert

    Service Number: 24385
    Enlisted: 6 November 1939
    Last Rank: Able Seaman
    Last Unit: HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
    Born: Denman, New South Wales, 3 January 1921
    Home Town: Denman, Muswellbrook, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lost at Sea, Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea
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    World War 2 Service

    6 Nov 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, 24385, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot), Sydney, New South Wales
    6 Nov 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 24385
    13 Apr 1940: Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, HMAS Cerberus (Shore)
    12 Feb 1941: Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
    13 Jun 1941: Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
    20 Nov 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 24385, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2

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    Biography contributed by John Edwards

    "...24385 Able Seaman Herbert (Bruiser) Turk, HMAS Sydney, RAN, of Denman, NSW. He enlisted from Sydney on 6 November 1939. On 20 November 1941 all 645 personnel onboard HMAS Sydney were lost following an engagement with the German cruiser Kormoran off the coast of Western Australia. AB Turk was 20 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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