Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Police
- Conflict
- United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (1992-1993)
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Address (at enlistment)
- Mawson ACT
- Occupation
- Police officer
- Next of Kin
- Denise Turketo (wife), Mawson ACT
Unit and Rank Details
- Final Rank
- Sergeant
- Final Unit
- Australian Federal Police
Notes
Sergeant Turketo was part of a ten man team from the AFP deployed to Banteay Meanchey Province in Cambodia during 1992 to 1993 as part of UNTAC. Their role was to patrol the province up to the Thai border, where refugee camps had been established, and to help establish a UN police presence.
Sources
AustLII, Commemorating police in peacekeeping, Platypus: Journal of the Australian Federal Police ed.29 (1998), Article 8
The Canberra Times - 14 May 1992
ACT electoral rolls