In Memory Of

WELDON, ARCHIBALD FRANCIS

Service Details
Age:
 33
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 55780
Rank:
 Sergeant
Regiment:
 South African Reserve Mechanical Transport
Date of Death:
 1942-12-19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Lockheed Lodestar 18-08 #248. Crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Kisumu Airport (KIS). The airplane came down in Kavirondo Gulf, Lake Victoria. It appeared that the undercarriage could not be raised after takeoff because of an electrical failure in the under-carriage safety lock circuit. The Lodestar was returning to South Africa from Cairo, Egypt.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 L. 10.
Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of John Francis Weldon and Annie Madeline Phelan; husband of May Melinda Weldon, of Johannesburg