Soldier profiles
Name : TURNER, GEORGE HAVELOCK
Service Number : VX23197
Date of Birth : 22/09/1913
Place of Birth : SOUTH YARRA, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 06/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : PRAHRAN, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : GOW, J
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 13/12/1945
Date Died : 01/09/1990
Age at Death : 76
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : MOULMEIN (BURMA)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0088 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6134490 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 364kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on Circassia. The Africa Star was awarded to the family after the change in conditions of award for the Africa Star in 1997 for his service in Syria.
