LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Richard Arthur ASHFIELD
Service No: 19098
Born: Berringa VIC, 10 June 1910
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 July 1940
Unit: No. 450 Squadron
Died: Air Raid: Gambut, Egypt, 21 March 1942, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert Arthur and Selina Emily Phillis Ashfield
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the 21 March 1942, Corporal Ashfield, a Fitter II Airframe, was killed during a bombing attack on Gambut aerodrome, Egypt.
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 A705, 166/88/98