In Memory Of

BANFIELD, ARTHUR HAROLD

Service Details
Age:
 31
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 52396
Rank:
 Flying Officer
Unit:
 138 MU
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1944-09-15
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 1. B. 13.
Cemetery:
 TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Iran
Additional Information
Husband of Iris Banfield, of Philipstown, Cape Province, South Africa.