LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Leston George TURNER
Service No: 20160
Born: Sydney NSW, 18 January 1895
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 July 1940
Discharged from the RAAF: 24 October 1944
Unit at Discharge: No. 5 Service Flying Training School, Uranquinty NSW
Died: Illness, New South Wales, 23 March 1945, Aged 50 Years
Buried: Tamworth General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick George and Frederreicka Turner; husband of Kathleen Turner
Roll of Honour: Tamworth NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 24 October 1944, Sergeant Turner, a Fitter II Engines, was discharged from the RAAF medically unfit for further duty and he died on 23 March 1945.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 20160