Service Details
Name:
 BANFIELD
Given Name:
 ARTHUR HAROLD
Initials:
 A H
Service No:
 52396
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
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Unit:
 138 MU
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-15
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Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Died in Military Vehicle Accident, Banfield, Goodall, Seddon and Gilmore, were returning to the unit from Shabiah in the unit's staff car, when it left the road and smashed into a shop front in Tehran. The car was completely wrecked and Goodall and Seddon were killed instantly. Gilmore and Banfield were admitted to hospital and operated upon but Gilmore died the same day of a fractured skull and extensive lacerated wounds and fractures to the left side of his face
Additional
Information:
Husband of Iris Banfield, of Philipstown, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Iran
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Cemetery:
 TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 1. B. 13.

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