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TURNER, Leston George

Service Numbers:	2648, 20160
Enlisted:	1 September 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 18 January 1895
Home Town:	Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mechanical Engineer
Died:	Illness, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia, 23 March 1945, aged 50 years
Cemetery:	Tamworth General Cemetery, New South Wales C of E Plot Section L Row 4 Grave 20, Tamworth General Cemetery, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1915:	Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private
22 Dec 1915:	Embarked Sapper, 2648, 7th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
26 Aug 1919:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 20160
15 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 20160
24 Oct 1944:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 20160, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty

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