LEST WE FORGET
Flight Lieutenant Elton Murray IFOULD
Service No: 403744
Born: One Tree Hill SA, 29 November 1910
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 March 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 2 Personnel Depot, Bradfield Park NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (Mosquito aircraft A52-24), Bankstown NSW, 21 September 1944, Aged 33 Years
Cremated: Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Herbert and Caroline Eugenie Ifould; husband of Phyllis Evelyn Ifould, of Pymble
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Ku-ring-gai World War 2 Book of Remembrance, Gordon NSW
Remembered: Gordon Public School Rolls of Honor, Gordon NSW
On the 21 September 1944, Flight Lieutenant Ifould, flying solo was fatally injured in an aircraft accident at Bankstown when Mosquito A52-24 crashed during pre-acceptance flight at the De Havilland factory.
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, 166/19/68
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Bibliography:
Ilbery, P.L.T. (Peter Leslie Thomas) (422957) Hatching an Air Force: 2SFTS, 5SFTS, 1BFTS Uranquinty and Wagga Wagga, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 2002