Robert Dupre Crozier
(1904-1987)

Robert Dupre Crozier

Born: 13 Apr 1904, Dordrecht, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage (1): Helen Margaret Gane in 1945 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Died: 20 Oct 1987, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa aged 83

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Helen Margaret Gane

Fleur Crozier
Andre Crozier
Mignonne Crozier

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bullet Birth Notes:

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bullet Death Notes:

FUNERAL NOTICES.

CROZIER. \endash Robert Dupré (Bob), passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 1987, at Settlers Hospital, Grahamstown. Missed by his wife Margot and children Fleur, Mignonne and Andre. Funeral service will be held at St Bartholomew's Church, Grahamstown, at 2.30 pm, tomorrow (Friday), October 23, 1987.
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And

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/12374421/person/632799551

And

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/12374421/person/951267717

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Web Based Info. http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/12374421/person/632799551

• Military Service. SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY HISTORY SOCIETY EASTERN CAPE BRANCH
SUID-AFRIKAANSE KRYGSHISTORIESE VERENIGING OOS-KAAP TAK
Newsletter No 86 October/Nuusbrief Nr 86 November 2011

The family member's military service presentation was by Andre Crozier on his father, Robert Dupre Crozier. At the start of the war his father was teaching at Healdtown, near Fort Beaufort. He joined up in August 1942 at the age of 38 and trained in Coastal Artillery on Robben Island. After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, there was a recruiting drive for men to fill the 6 Armoured Division. He relinquished his rank in the Coastal Artillery and was posted to the Pretoria Regiment as a trooper. Andre read out extracts from his father's letters dealing with the training and the departure from Durban. In Egypt he had the hardships of the desert to deal with. A highlight was being personally greeted whilst on parade by the 6 Div Commander, General Evered Poole, whom he knew from school days. Being a teacher, he was nominated for the Army Education Service course. He was flown back to Pretoria, where he passed the course and was commissioned as an Information Officer. To his disappointment, he was not sent back to 6 Div, but was assigned to the Coastal Artillery in East London. By 1944 there was little chance of naval attack on East London. He was discharged on medical grounds in May 1944 and returned to teaching at Healdtown. Andre concluded that his father was not a war hero, but like many other men and women, he answered the call and gave of his best.

• General Comment. National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT Albany Museum (1820) TYPE Photo
REFERENCE SMP527
DESCRIPTION Crozier, Robert Dupre; son of Mr. and Mrs. RJ Crozier; grandson of Robert Crozier; 2nd Postmaster; Principal of Mary Waters High School, Grahamstown. Exterior; full-length; face turned away; on horseback on outskirts of Adelaide.
STARTING 1906
ENDING 1906
REMARKS Donor: Mr. RD Crozier. Photographer: Nicolas, RJ, Cape. 16,1 x 21 cm.; mounted; (SM5258/3).

Robert married Helen Margaret Gane, daughter of Percival Carlton Gane and Emma Gladys Caldicott, in 1945 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. (Helen Margaret Gane was born on 10 Dec 1911 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on 10 Dec 1993 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.)

bullet Sources of information or n events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/12374421/person/951267717

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