Hugh Irvine Crawford

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Hugh Irvine AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Crawford AWMM

Nama Hōia

NZ411065 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

10 Mar 1918 RNZAF Biographies (R17845609)

Uri kiritahi

• WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. H. Crawford of Auckland AWMM
• Father of one daughter, born in 1942, England.
  Public - Sandra - Direct descendant - 15 November 2023 - DNA with relatives through Ancestry.

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single/WWII AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

• Italy AWMM
• Europe (Air) AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

NZ411065 AWMM

Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga

Royal Air Force, No. 148 Squadron AWMM

Whakangungu ope taua

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Class 15C. Graduation Date: 29/09/1941. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School, Paulson, Manitoba, Canada AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Aorangi AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Flight Lieutenant/Military AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 148 Squadron AWMM

Hugh Crawford was the son of Hugh Irvine Crawford and Olive Eileen Crawford, of Onehunga, Auckland.

Attended Waiorongmai, Grey Lynn & Waiotira, Oahuhu Technical College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845609)) AWMM

Matenga

4 Nov 1943 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Belgrade War Cemetery, Yugoslavia AWMM Coll. grave 3. D. 1-7. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Onehunga War Memorial Swimming Pool, Jellicoe Park (off Quadrant Road), Park Gardens, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand 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/2224102
  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

Ngā tuhinga

• 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
• 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)
• 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.