Valentine Ralph Lewis TURNER

TURNER, Valentine Ralph Lewis

Service Number: 410422
Enlisted: 6 December 1941
Last Rank: Warrant Officer
Last Unit: No. 80 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 10 June 1920
Home Town: Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling: State School & Terang High School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Butter Maker
Died: Flying Battle, Borneo, 17 July 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Terang War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Warrant Officer, 410422
6 Dec 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
6 Dec 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 410422
17 Jul 1945: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 410422, No. 80 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Warrant Officer Turner 410422 of 80SQN RAAF was killed when Kittyhawk A29-1178 crashed near Tarakan, Borneo - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Valentine Ralph Lewis TURNER was born in Echuca, Victoria on 10th June 1920

His parents were Ralph Burton TURNER & Dora Jane LEWIS