LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Leonard Watson TURNER
Service No: 402265
Born: Tenterfield NSW, 28 December 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 July 1940
Unit: No. 3 Service Flying Training School, RAAF Station Amberley QLD
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 3 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-201), near Murwillumbah NSW, 19 January 1941, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Cremated
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leonard Wilton Leahy Turner and Janet Ethel May Turner, of Bondi. (Cremated Newcastle Crematorium, Beresfield)
Roll of Honour: Grenfell NSW
Remembered: New South Wales Cremation Memorial, Sydney
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Memorial Park Cenotaph, Gloucester NSW
Remembered: Gloucester RSL Honour Roll, Gloucester NSW
On 19 January 1941 at 1130 hours Wirraway A20-201 is believed to have broken up in mid-air after the pilot lost control in cloud. The aircraft crashed 5 kms from Barkers Vale Post Office between Kyogle and Murwillumbah, New South Wales. The crew members were:
Flying Officer Lionel Barton Hack (16475) (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Leonard Watson Turner (402265)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 108
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Wirraway, Boomerang and CA-15 in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1991