Arthur Edwin TURNER

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TURNER, Arthur Edwin

Service Number:	406191
Enlisted:	12 September 1940
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia , 18 March 1920
Home Town:	Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Perth Modern School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Malaya, 26 January 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Kranji War Cemetery Coll grave 30 D 13-15
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Subiaco Perth Modern School WW2 Honour Board

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 406191
12 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 406191, No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Pilot Officer Arthur Edwin Turner 406191 and Sergeant Gordon Stewart Howiss 400202 of 36SQN RAF were killed when Vickers Vildebeest K6392 was shot down near Endau, Malaya - also killed was Sergeant Tanner 41503 RNZAF

(First flown in 1928 the RAF Vickers Vildebeest was a large single-engined biplane used as a light bomber - the last few examples in service were flown against invading Japanese forces in Singapore and Java in early 1942)

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