SOE Turner, Richard Sydney

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Turner ​

• FORENAME

Richard Sydney ​

• UNIT

SOE Force 133 ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

NX3048 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th December 1944 ​

• AGE

28 ​

• GRAVESITE

Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 3.A.3 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Australian Army Service Corps​

born 5.2.1916 Newtown,New South Wales,Australia​

son of Edward and Stella Henrietta Turner,Sydney,New South Wales,Australia​

husband of Elizabeth May (nee Rodrigues) Turner,Rozelle,New South Wales,Australia​

enlisted 28.10.1939 Paddington,New South Wales,Australia​

17th Infantry Brigade Company,AASC​

6th Division Supply Column,AASC​

POW June 1941 Greece - escaped​

award M.M. (London Gazette 4.1.1945)​

killed by ELAS sniper on way to Athens airport,Greece​

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