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English Māori

Samuel Victor Crowhurst

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Portrait, Weekly News 31 December 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Weekly News 31 December 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Samuel Victor AWMM
  • Surname
    Crowhurst AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ402854 AWMM
    • WWII 402854 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Europe (Air) AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • NZ402854 AWMM
    • WWII 402854 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Samuel Crowhurst was the son of Victor Roy and Myrtle Crowhurst, of Auckland, New Zealand.

    In 1998 Adriaan de Winter and Ton van Alphen undertook a project in the Reichswald Forest Cemetery photographing all the headstones of New Zealanders buried there. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 December 1941 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany AWMM 8. E. 16. AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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  • Forever in our hearts. Your niece Christine Murray (nee Bongard).
    Public - Christine Anne - Other relative - 16 October 2018
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  • Always in our hearts. For Nana Jean Bongard (Crowhurst)
    Public - Nick - Other Relative - 2 May 2015
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16 October 2018Christine AnneNew ZealandOther relative
02 May 2015NickHamilton, New ZealandOther Relative
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