Henry Varley Gibb Crawford

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Henry Varley Gibb AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Crawford AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ404339 AWMM
• WWII 404339 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

8 Sept 1921 RNZAF Biographies (R17845609)

Uri kiritahi

WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. M. H. Crawford of Auckland AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single/WWII AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

• Europe (Air) AWMM
• Europe (Air) AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ404339 AWMM
• WWII 404339 AWMM

Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga

Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM

Whakangungu ope taua

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 6 Air Observer School, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Class 22. Graduation Date: 18/08/1941. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, MacDonald, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 1 Air Navigation School, Rivers, Manitoba, Canada AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Aorangi AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Sergeant AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM

There is a reference to the loss of Henry Crawford and the rest of the crew in the diary of Sergeant Pilot Raymond Herbert John Broady (NZ39691). [Ref. MS 883]

Allied Airmen's graves in this cemetery have been looked

after since 1945 by Mrs Annemarie Vossen, hero of the Dutch Resistance

Movement.

Attended Wesley Training College & Mt. Albert Grammar School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845609)) AWMM

Matenga

7 Sept 1942 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Tilburg (Gilzerbaan) General Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands AWMM Plot A Row 1 Colllective Grave 27-28 AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Mount Albert Grammar School, Alberton Ave, Mount Albert Auckland 1025 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2766534
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Co - Dy. Archives New Zealand (R17845609)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845609
  Sources Used
• Archive Report:
  http://www.aircrewremembered.com/parkes-william-ronald.html
  Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 2 October 2021 - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/parkes-william-ronald.html

Ngā tuhinga

• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743)
  Broady, Raymond Herbert John. Papers, 1911 - 1942. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 883.
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Co - Dy. Archives New Zealand (R17845609) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.