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Title 'Turner Field'.
Left - white single story building amongst trees.
Right - view down a road with car in the centre. Buildings in the distance.

Left - white church amongst trees.
Right - two story white barrack blocks amongst trees in the distance.

Left - large group of men marching down a street between white barrack blocks. Captioned 'Returning from Retreat 9 February 1942'.
Right - three airmen wearing battledress and side caps standing in front of a white barrack block. Captioned 'John,…

Left - a two story white barrack block on the far side of a road. Other buildings to the right in trees. Captioned 'Our Barrack Hut'.
Right - a group of men marching with instruments down a street with single story barrack huts behind. To the left…

Top left - band marching in formation with barrack block behind. Captioned 'Station band, Turner Field'.
Top right - a group of airmen queuing on steps outside a barrack block. Captioned 'Grub-up, Turner Field'.
Bottom left - a group of airmen in…

The top left photograph on the left page shows accommodation huts with the caption "THE BARRACKS".
The top right photograph on the left page shows fields with trees in the background, and captioned "PLAYING FIELDS".
The bottom left photograph on…

The photograph on the left of the left page shows two men in military uniforms holding rifles. Accommodation huts can be seen in the background. The photograph is captioned "CAUGHT AT LAST ."
The photograph on the right of the left page shows Turner…

Family group of four men and five woman with a boy to left and girl sitting in front. In the background a curtained bay window and on the left a radio. On the reverse ' Back row, John's aunty, John's mother, Grandpa Turner, John's uncle and John.…

Family group of eight women, one girl, one boy, five men and a dog. To the right part of a building. On the reverse 'Turner and Wright family at the Grange, their country residence'.

Essay by Rosemary Lapham with memories of her father and the day she learns he will not come back. Writes of his brilliance and hard work as an aircraft designer. States he invited her to come to the airfield but she declines as she has to help her…

Commemorative picture of Lancaster for attack on Turin. In a circle at the top a Lancaster on the ground with engines running. Underneath a box with caption 'Turin, 9 Squadron, 18/19 November 1942'. At the bottom a box with crew names 'S/Ldr…

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Photo 1 is a view into a tunnel.
Photo 2 is a section of floorboards removed to show the tunnel entrance.
Photo 3 is a view along the tunnel.
Photo 4 and 5 are the potato wine pot, captioned 'Potato wine being made, subsequently banned as it was…

Article 1. The Times headlines: Tunis and Bizerta captured, official announcement of allied victory, relentless bombing by allied aircraft. Article 2. The Observer headlines: Fleeing Germans chased towards Cape Bon, British tanks aim to cut line of…

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Seven men forming a tug of war team. In the background are spectators, huts and a marquee. On the reverse ' Tug O'-war team of junior [indecipherable] at N'avon.
L. to R. Chris Hackworth
C.R.H.
Lewis
Wicks
Webster
"Junior" (James)
"D.A."…

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This page is an entry point for a place. This entry is also used for: Canadian Forces Station Ladner; Boundary Bay airfield. Please use the links below to see all relevant documents available in the Archive.

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John, standing at the centre of a group of seven men in swimming trunks and towel turbans. On reverse 'At the swimming pool. You can see Pat, Jim and myself 1st 2nd 3rd from the right'.

Left - view from front of three trucks parked across road with men sitting on two of the trucks bonnets and third man standing alongside the other truck.
Right - three men in work clothes sitting on and standing by a truck. A fourth man is standing…