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Second Lieutenant Frederick Charles Turner

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Second Lieutenant Frederick Charles Turner

Birth
Colchester, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Death
16 Jun 1918
Burial
Adel, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Screen Wall. W. 393. Panel Reference 86
Memorial ID
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Frederick was the son of Charles William and Lydia Turner, of Chaleyer St., Willoughby, New South Wales.

A Second Lieutenant with the Australian Flying Corps, 1st Squadron.

Died: On 16th June, 1918 Second Lieutenant Frederick Charles Turner, of No. 2 Fighting School, A.F.C., was piloting a Sopwith Pup Serial number C. 271 from Marske Aerodrome, Yorkshire. He was to carry out an aerial flight with an Instructor in a Sopwith Scout. The plane was spinning at about 150 feet & hit the ground.

Second Lieutenant Frederick Charles Turner died at 11.30 am on 16th June, 1918 at Marske-by Sea, Yorkshire, England as a result of a Flying accident. The remains of Frederick were buried at Lawnswood Cemetery and Crematorium.

Frederick C. Turner is remembered with a plaque on his parents' grave in Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, Sydney, NSW.
Frederick was the son of Charles William and Lydia Turner, of Chaleyer St., Willoughby, New South Wales.

A Second Lieutenant with the Australian Flying Corps, 1st Squadron.

Died: On 16th June, 1918 Second Lieutenant Frederick Charles Turner, of No. 2 Fighting School, A.F.C., was piloting a Sopwith Pup Serial number C. 271 from Marske Aerodrome, Yorkshire. He was to carry out an aerial flight with an Instructor in a Sopwith Scout. The plane was spinning at about 150 feet & hit the ground.

Second Lieutenant Frederick Charles Turner died at 11.30 am on 16th June, 1918 at Marske-by Sea, Yorkshire, England as a result of a Flying accident. The remains of Frederick were buried at Lawnswood Cemetery and Crematorium.

Frederick C. Turner is remembered with a plaque on his parents' grave in Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, Sydney, NSW.

Inscription

Second Lieutenant F. C. Turner Age 25
Australian Flying Corps 16.6.1918

Gravesite Details

LEEDS (LAWNS WOOD) CEMETERY, Yorkshire



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