TURNOCK, John Sivyer
| Service Number: | 404688 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 November 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Chinderah, New South Wales, Australia, 2 April 1913 |
| Home Town: | Chinderah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | The Southport School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Banana Farmer |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Belgium, 13 March 1942, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sint-Joris Communal Cemetery, West Flanders, Belgium Grave 6 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Southport Old Southportians Supreme Sacrifice Honour Board |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 404688 | |
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| 8 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404688 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - John Howard Turnock and Blanche Turnock, of Tweed River, New South Wales, Australia.
Fate:- On 13th March 1942, Sergeant John Sivyer Turnock flew on his first mission as co-pilot with UV-X Wellington Z1251, one of five aircraft destined for a raid on Ostende. The aircraft crashed near St Joris killing all of the crew. Local people retrieved the bodies and buried them the same day.
The crew members of Wellington MK 4 Z1251 were;
Turnock, John Sivyer - (Sergeant); # 404688
Cooney, J P D - (Sergeant); # 403951/ RNZAF
Hart, I E - (Sergeant); # 400413
Woodward, J - (Sergeant); # 1359686
Winter G N - (Sergeant); # 989226
Pascoe, W A - (Sergeant); # 1380051.
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