Alexander Crozier
I whānau mai i te 4 May 1920 - I mate atu i te 2 Mar 1944
- Nama Hōia
- NZ415749 AWMM
- WWII 415749 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Flying Officer/Military AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 23 Squadron AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Alexander AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Crozier AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- NZ415749 AWMM
- WWII 415749 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 4 May 1920 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. R. F. Crozier of Timaru AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Single/WWII AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- 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
- NZ415749 AWMM
- WWII 415749 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- Royal New Zealand Air Force attached to Royal Canadian Air Force AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
- Royal Air Force, No. 23 Squadron AWMM
Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 10 Service Flying Training School, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Class 49N. Graduation Date: 5/06/1942. AWMM - British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, Central Flying School or Canadian Forces Station, Canada AWMM
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 1 Central Navigation School, Rivers, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 10 Service Flying Training School, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
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- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Vessel was Boschfontein AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed on air operations AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Flying Officer/Military AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 23 Squadron AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Alexander Crozier was the son of Robert Frederick and Annie Crozier, of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
Brother of Robert Crozier (NZ401641) who was killed on air operations 21 February 1942
Attended Whangarei High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845609)) AWMM - Alexander CROZIER
4 May 1920 — 2 March 1944
Alexander Crozier was born in Invercargill on 4 May 1920 to Robert Frederick Crozier (b. 1882; Newcastleton, Roxburghshire, Scotland) and Anne Swallow Crozier (née Stewart; b. 1884; Southland, New Zealand). Alexander was the second of their three boys.
As with his older brother, Robert, before him, Alexander joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force and trained to become a pilot. He was eventually posted to 23 Squadron, R.A.F. (Alghero, Sardinia: 238 Wing, Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force). Alexander had clocked up 734 flight hours before his final mission.
Thursday 2 March 1944
Alexander went missing near Padua, Italy on 2 March 1944 while on an offensive patrol over the Po Valley area near Padua, Italy. His Mosquito FB.V1 LR253/M took off at 19:05 and was lost without trace, the two crew commemorated on the Malta Memorial, Malta.
Flight Officer Alexander Crozier; NZ415749, R.N.Z.A.F., age 23.
Flight Sergeant John Harold Pownall; Service no. 1337555, age 22. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 23 Squadron. Son of Walter L. and Mary L. Pownall of Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol.Public - Michael - Other relative - 13 November 2017 - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Alexander Crozier was the son of Robert Frederick and Annie Crozier, of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 2 Mar 1944 AWMM
Age 23 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
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- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Malta Memorial, Malta AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1081778
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 - Aviation Safety Network:
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/143846Public - Antonio - Researcher - 29 June 2026 - Internet research - Aircrew Remembered:
https://aircrewremembered.com/crozier-alexander.htmlPublic - Antonio - Researcher - 29 June 2026 - Internet research
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
- Ngā tuhinga
- The Weekly News
The Weekly News 1944 - Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
Martyn, E. (1998-2008). Vol 12, p.197 and Vol.3, p.153 - 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.
- List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762).
- Royal New Zealand Air Force. (1941–1945). Contact: National magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.; the official organ of the Air Force Association (Inc.). Levin, New Zealand: Royal New Zealand Air Force.
V4,n4,p75 - Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
- The Weekly News
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