Sergeant

Herbert Owen Turner

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Bircham Robert and Rosanna Teresa Turner, of Methven, Canterbury, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Martyn (1998)
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Herbert Turner was the Air Gunner of a Wellington, which crashed at El Qasaba, following a raid on Benina, Libya. All the crew are buried at El Alamein.

( For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn,  Vol.1, p.120]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
401467
Name:
Herbert Owen Turner
Rank: 
Sergeant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 38 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed on air operations
Date of Death:
05 May 1941
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
19
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
XII. C. 23.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
Herbert Owen Turner
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