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TURNOR, Ernest Charley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 45988 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 November 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Wagin, Western 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 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood, Wagin War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, 45988 | |
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| 13 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 45988 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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)