| Place | Africa: Egypt, Frontier, Sinai, Romani Area, Romani |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | REL/08597 |
| Collection type | Heraldry |
| Object type | Heraldry |
| Physical description | Bronze |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
| Date made | 1920s |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Next of Kin plaque : Private R W Crozier, 6 Light Horse Regiment, AIF
Description
Circular bronze plaque, showing Britannia and the British lion in low relief. Beneath, the lion kills the German eagle. Around the edge are the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR'. There is a raised rectangle on the right of the plaque bearing the embossed name 'RICHARD WALTER CROZIER'. The plaque is in its original cardboard case of issue.
History / Summary
930 Private Richard Walter Crozier, a 23 year old farmer from Culcairn, NSW, enlisted in the AIF on 18 January 1915. After training in Australia he sailed for Egypt with the 5th Reinforcements to 6 Light Horse Regiment, aboard HMAT A41Forty-One on 12 May 1915. He served on Gallipoli from 2 October 1915 and recived a slight gunshot wound to the neck on 28 November. Crozier was evacuated to Malta for treatment and returned to his regiment in Egypt on 8 February 1916.
Crozier was killed in action at the Battle of Romani, near the border of Egypt and Palestine, on 4 August 1916, and is buried at the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery in Egypt. His brother, Sydney James Crozier, also of 6 Light Horse Regiment, died of wounds near Amman in the Transjordan, while a prisoner of war of the Turks, in March 1918.