Godfrey Edward TURNER

TURNER, Godfrey Edward

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: 4 March 1940
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Perth, Western Australia, Australia , 15 December 1917
Home Town: South Perth, South Perth, Western Australia
Schooling: Hale School, Perth, Western Australia
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Accident, Darra, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 31 January 1941, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Columbarium 12
Memorials: Lutwyche Cemetery WW2 Cremation Commemorations, Wembley Downs Hale School Honour Roll 2, Wembley Downs Hale School Memorial Grove
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Pilot Officer
4 Mar 1940: Involvement Pilot Officer
4 Mar 1940: Enlisted Parafield, SA
4 Mar 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer
31 Jan 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Wirraway aircraft A20-155 of Number 23 Squadron crashed at Darra near Brisbane in Queensland while performing diving aerobatics killing Pilot Officer Godfrey Edward Turner and Flying Officer James Frederick Unsworth 763

Pilot Officer Turner (no RAAF Service Number allocated) was the son of Arthur Edward and Muriel Eva Turner of South Perth, WA

Flying Officer Unsworth was the son of Henry James Unsworth and Constance Unsworth & the husband of Joy Unsworth of Newcastle, NSW

Both men were cremated at Mt Thompson Crematorium and are commemorated on the Queensland Cremation Memorial situated in Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane

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