| Accession Number | P07918.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Print hand-coloured black & white |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | 1941 - 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 403827 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Josiah Turner RAAF, 70 Squadron RAAF, of ...
Description
Studio portrait of 403827 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Josiah Turner RAAF, 70 Squadron RAAF, of Hamilton, NSW. Flt Sgt Turner was educated at Tighe's Hill School and then worked as a costing clerk for the New South Wales Education Department in Sydney before enlisting on 3 March 1941. He embarked from Sydney for the United Kingdom on 11 August 1943. He was lost on operations on 7 July 1944 while part of the crew of a Wellington bomber on an operation to target Feuersbrun, near Vienna.