Major Sir Frederick Grant Banting, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps was a distinguished Canadian medical scientist, Nobel Laureate, and one of the two co-discoverers of insulin. He was travelling to England as a passenger.
He initially survived but was severely injured in the crash and died before search teams could get to the remote site of the aircraft wreckage near Seven Mile Pond in Labrador.
Sir Frederick Bantings awards and honours include:Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, D.Sc. (McGill) University., LL.D. Awarded Nobel Prize 1923, Scott Medal 1924, Cameron Prize (Edinburgh) 1927, Flavelle Medal of R.C.S. 1934, Apothecaries Medal (London) 1934, Starr Gold Medal (C.M.A.) 1936
He had also served in the 1914-18 War
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Fred Grant Banting, Canadian Artist, A Quebec Village Setting