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TURNER, Albert Benjamin

Service Number:	H1833
Enlisted:	26 January 1942
Last Rank:	Ordinary Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Armidale (I)
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 20 October 1920
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Hobart High School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Chef
Died:	Killed in Action, Lost in the Coral Sea ship blown up by Japanese, 8 December 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, HMAS Armidale Memorial

World War 2 Service

26 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, H1833, Royal Australian Navy
8 Dec 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, H1833, HMAS Armidale (I)

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