Hugh Dobson Crawford

Leading Stoker

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Thomas and Mary Hannah Crawford; husband of Kathleen Amy Crawford (nee Whale), of Onehunga, Auckland.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

On 7 April 1943 Moa was refuelling from the USS Erskine M. Phelps at Tulagi Harbour when Japanese aircraft attacked. The Moa sustained two near misses and two direct hits from 500-pound bombs, one that passed through the ship before exploding in the water abeam to starboard, the other passed through the captain's cabin into the Boiler Room where it exploded, effectively breaking the ships back. Moa sank bow first within about four minutes. Five ratings were killed, Kenneth Bailey, Edward Buckeridge, Hugh Crawford, Colin Duncan and John Moffat. All are commemorated on the Devonport Memorial.

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Casualty

Service Number:

1489

Name:

Hugh Dobson Crawford

Rank:

Leading Stoker

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Navy

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in Action

Date of Death:

07 April 1943

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 4.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand