LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Arthur Gordon Herbert ARNOT
Service No: 402840
Born: Batlow NSW, 19 November 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 November 1940
Unit: No. 1488 Fighter Gunnery Flight (RAF), RAF Station Southend, Essex
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1488 Gunnery Flight Lysander aircraft V9798), Suffolk, 31 August 1942, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Maldon Cemetery, Essex
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Gordon William Macdonald Arnot and Guinevere Edith Arnot, of Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 118, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Former Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Head Office Honour Rolls, Sydney NSW
On 31 August 1942, Flight Sergeant Arnot, a Pilot, and Leading Aircraftman Michael John Summers (1253702) (RAFVR) were killed when V9798 crashed at Martlesham Heath, Suffolk.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 402840
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
On Line Sources