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TURNER, Valentine Ralph Lewis
Personal Details
Service Number: | 410422 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 410422 | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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