LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Sidney Cleveland TURNER
Service No: 429023
Born: Manly NSW, 8 September 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 October 1942
Unit: No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School (RCAF), Fingal
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School Anson aircraft 6711), Ontario, 1 August 1944, Aged 19 Years
Buried: St Thomas (Southpark) Cemetery, Elgin County, Ontario
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Milton and Beatrice Edith Turner, of Mosman New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Mosman NSW
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1455 hours on 1 August 1944, Anson 6711, carrying out a non-operational bombing training exercise, crashed north east of the Southwold Station, and the crew of four was killed.
The crew members of 6711 were:
Pilot Officer Keith Mayhew Joyce (J/42808) (RCAF)
Leading Aircraftman Donald Francis McLay (R/149817) (RCAF)
Pilot Officer Ivan Henry Rees (J/44121) (RCAF)
Leading Aircraftman Sidney Cleveland Turner (429023) (Student Air Bomber)
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 A705, 166/40/227