Charles Neville Turnbull

Flying Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Charles le Masurier and Myrtle Victoria Turnbull, of Palmerston North.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Three Vincent aircraft took of from Gisborne, to search for an unidentified merchant vessel, off the Wairarapa coast. Several messages were received from NZ232, flown by Pilot Harry Kinder, Navigator Charles Turnbull and Wireless Operator Nepia Stewart, but it seemed that their receiving set was out of order. The aircraft was last heard from at 16.44. A search failed to find any trace of the plane.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol.1 p.277]

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Casualty

Service Number:

401448

Name:

Charles Neville Turnbull

Rank:

Flying Officer

Date of Birth:

26 December 1912

Place of Birth:

Wellington, New Zealand

Next of Kin:

Mrs M.V. Turnbull (MOther0, 134 Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand

Occupation on Enlistment:

Teacher

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

08 December 1942

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Wellington Provincial Memorial

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand