Ernest Charley TURNOR

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TURNOR, Ernest Charley

Service Number:	45988
Enlisted:	13 November 1941
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Wagin, Western Australia, Australia , 15 January 1923
Home Town:	Wagin, Wagin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Learmonth, Western Australia, Learmonth, Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, Australia, 2 February 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Panel 7
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood, Wagin War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, 45988
13 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 45988

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Motor Boat Crewmen from Number 76 Operational Base Unit were caught by a Cyclone while camped ashore at Bay of Rest near Learmonth / Exmouth, WA with the only survivor being Sergeant Robert Alfred Hawkins 46328 (discharged from the RAAF in December 1945 - died in 1947)

Killed were Corporal Bindon John Carr 45887 (Geraldton War Cemetery) / Leading Aircraftman George Albert Tonge 81371 (Sydney Memorial) / Corporal Ernest Charley Turnor 45988 (Sydney Memorial)

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