Funeral procession of 420719 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) William James Turnbull, No. 85 Squadron ...

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Accession Number P00941.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Date made 29 December 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Funeral procession of 420719 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) William James Turnbull, No. 85 Squadron RAAF, at the Australian War Graves portion of the Karrakatta cemetery, Western Australia. He was killed on 27 December 1943 when his Boomerang aircraft (A46-68) crashed at Guildford, WA, while attempting to make a forced landing. (Original print in No. 85 Squadron Unit History held in AWM official records, Series 64, Item 1/169).