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Lieutenant Colonel JOHN HECTOR TURNER

Service Number: IA/525
Regiment & Unit/Ship

7th Gurkha Rifles

Cdg. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 February 1945

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

25. H. 20.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Indian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Ethel Davies Turner; husband of Marie Turner, of Worthing, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription GALLANT, HONOURED AND LOVED FOR A SERVICE OF DEVOTION TO DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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