LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Jack Stanley TURNER
Service No: 127859
Born: Carlton VIC, 3 October 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 March 1943
Unit: No. 78 Wing, Tarakan
Died: Ground Operations: Labuan, 7 May 1945, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Stanley Frank and Hilda Violet Turner, of North Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Richmond VIC
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 7 May 1945, Leading Aircraftman Turner, a Cooks’ Assistant, died of wounds received when he was moving to reinforce the guards against an immediate enemy attack and the Bren gun that he was carrying accidentally discharged.
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, 166/40/605