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THE GRAVE OF SQUADRON LEADER P.B. TURNBULL, DFC. IN THE MILNE BAY WAR CEMETERY. SQUADRON LEADER TURNBULL, THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO 76 SQUADRON, WAS KILLED WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING A STRAFING RUN AGAINST JAPANESE FORCES DURING THE BATTLE OF MILNE BAY. AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY, NO 3 AIRSTRIP AT MILNE BAY WAS RENAMED 'TURNBULL FIELD'.
DOWA DOWA, MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-20. CROSS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF SQUADRON LEADER PETER TURNBULL, DFC, COMMANDING OFFICER, 76 SQUADRON, RAAF , WHO WAS KILLED 1942-08-27 (GRAVE MARKER IS INC
MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01. TURNBULL FIELD, SO NAMED AS A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF SQUADRON LEADER PETER TURNBULL, DFC, COMMANDING OFFICER, 76 SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, WHO WAS KILLED
MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-05. WAR CEMETERY TUCKED AWAY AMONG THE COCONUT PALMS. IT CONTAINS THE GRAVES OF CORPORAL JOHN ALEXANDER FRENCH OF QLD, THE FIRST NEW GUINEA VC, AND ALSO OF SQUADRON LEADER
MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01. A 3.7MM ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN EMPLACEMENT AT THE EASTERN END OF TURNBULL FIELD . THIS STRIP WAS NAMED AFTER SQUADRON LEADER PETER TURNBULL, DFC, COMMANDING OFFICER, NO. 76
MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-03. A VIEW OF THE BAY FROM THE HILL STATION ROAD. IN THE CENTRE MIDDLE DISTANCE IS TURNBULL FIELD, NAMED AFTER SQUADRON LEADER PETER TURNBULL, DFC, COMMANDING OFFICER, 76 S
MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-06-27. AIR FORCE AND ARMY PERSONNEL REST SIDE BY SIDE IN THE MILNE BAY WAR CEMETERY. GRAVES ARE THOSE OF SQUADRON LEADER P.B. TURNBULL DFC, RAAF AND QX4387 LIEUTENANT H.C.
