LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Edward Rutherford CROSIER
Service No: 405472
Born: Brisbane QLD, 1 April 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 March 1941
Unit: No. 2 Signal School RAF
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Signal School Proctor aircraft P6266), near Calne, Wiltshire, 16 May 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Yatesbury (All Saints) Churchyard, Wiltshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edward William and Nesta Minnie Crosier, of Nundah, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 120, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 16 May 1942, Sergeant Crosier, a Pilot, was killed when Proctor P6266 spun in and crashed near Calne, Wiltshire.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 405472