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Amanda Turner

  • 17 years old
  • Female
  • Born Jan 06, 1991
  • Died Oct 24, 2008
  • Sydney, Australia
She died as she was turning her life around...
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Sadly burned to death

y Gemma Jones

October 24, 2008 12:20pm

FRIENDS of Amanda Turner have paid tribute to the bubbly teenager who died in a caravan fire in Sydney this morning.

They said her grieving siblings were pleading with their traumatised father Greg to seek medical attention for burns he suffered as he tried to save his 17 year-old daughter.

Meanwhile in a morning of triple tragedy, a baby has been burned at a Sydney shopping centre and details have emerged of  how a three-year-old boy has died despite a neighbour's attempts to kick in a door and save him from a house fire.

Mr Turner tried desperately to reach Amanda as flames engulfed the caravan in the backyard of the family's Insignia St, Sadleir home in the early hours of this morning.

"I saw him for a couple of minutes, his right hand is all burnt and his face is blistered," family friend Karen Coleman said.

"He hasn't gone to the doctors yet, his other daughter is trying to get him to go to the hospital."

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Amanda doted on her three nephews and a niece.

Her younger brothers Sean, 14, Matthew, 11, were home at the time of the blaze.

Their devastated mother Debbie called 000 as Mr Turner and a neighbour battled the flames which levelled the modest caravan.

Neighbour Paul Kelly said the family had purchased the caravan for their five children to use.

"The caravan was for study when all the kids were studying, they had a small music system in there for barbecues," he said.

Mr Kelly ran out when the fire brigade woke him but he only realised later that Amanda had been in the caravan.

Neighbours said she had moved out of the home and was studying at a local tech.

"She lives somewhere else, she only comes here if she can't get to the other address," Mr Kelly said.

Fire investigators and police are working to determine the cause of the blaze.

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Acknowledgement of your Father Greg <3

Elfie Aug 27, 2012

RIP 24.06.1991 - 24.10.2008
27.08.2012 - Amanda, Tonight your father made Channel 9 news, They have decided to give him a bravery award for trying to save your life. Its great news that they are acknowledging how much he & everyone loves you & misses you.
Just wanted you to know the great news.
Love always Elfie xx

My memory

Mike Kelly Jul 04, 2010

Even too this day Amanda, a day doesn't go by without me thinking about you, I remember all the times we had hanging out even from primary school all the way through too just before I moved from sydney, i just wish I could have been around a lot more, I remember the days of running around the play ground of sadlier primary playing tips to the times of playing hand ball even to the times where we would just lay on the grass and laugh, you always were one to make me laugh. You know we all miss you and you will never be forgotten, love you Amanda and miss you heaps xoxo

1 year

Kristy Oct 23, 2009

Its been a year since u were taken away. For 9 years u were like my baby sis. U were my kids aunty n a good 1 at that . josh has ur picture on his mirror n saysgood night 2 u all the time.

R.I.P Amanda May Turner 1991-2008

Jammie-Lee Kelly Nov 10, 2008

alot of ppl are hurtin and alot of ppl are missin yu but most of all we hope that ur in a better place hunnie i wish yu were still wit us all... i have so much to tell yu.. i wuld do anyfink to have yu one more day to tell yu that i love yu nn to hug yu nn tslk to yu..
if i knew i wasnt goin to see yu agen the last tym i saw yu i wuld of told yu how much i love yu nn dat ur like a sister to mee n i wont ever find a sister or friend like yu agen...
bub ur family nn loved ones need yu..
we all miss yu so much rite now...
i just hope ur happy where yu are and that yu knw that we all love yu nn dat we all miss yu..

im still waitin 4 yu to come into nathans room tellin mee somfink that will make me laugh or sumfink...
i love yu so much
ur myy sister

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