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Military service
Service number:
B/37840
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
September 11, 1920
Milton, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 1, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24. Column 2.
Additional information
Son of Howard and Edna Turner of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Carl Orville Turner
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Brookwood Memorial
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Inscription
Private CARL ORVILLE TURNER is one of 18 members of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, who went missing at Dieppe on August 19, 1942 and were subsequently presumed dead, who are commemorated on this Panel at the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom. -
Photo of Carl Orville Turner
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
For the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
For the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Carl Orville Turner
This memorial erected by the Omagh Presbyterian Church, Milton, ON is dedicated to members of the congregation who served in the Second World War. * TURNER, O. C. R.H.L.I. (."*" indicates "Killed In Action")
Digital gallery of
Private Carl Orville Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Carl Orville Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Carl Orville Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Carl Orville Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Carl Orville Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Carl Orville Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Carl Orville Turner
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 120 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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