Pilot Officer Colin Foley Tozer
- Rank
- Pilot Officer
- Appointment
- Royal Australian Air Force 1943 NW Europe
- Service number
- 406585
- Unit
- 466 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force
- Cause of death
- Killed in Action
- Place of death
- France
- Date of death
- 16 April 1943
- Age
- 21
- Plaque number
- L109
- Co-located plaques
- L109A - WOFF James Moran
- Dedicated by
- His mother on 5 December 1948
- More information
Pilot Officer Colin Foley Tozer 406585 (1921-1943, born Subiaco, Western Australia) enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) at Perth, Western Australia, on 3 February 1941 and was trained as a Pilot at Cunderdin and Geraldton, Western Australia. He was sent to the United Kingdom under the Air Training Plan (ATP, known as the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) in Australia) and served with No. 466 Squadron RAAF (an ATP Article XV Squadron) in Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command. On a mission to bomb Mannheim, Germany, on 16 April 1943, Wellington aircraft HE501 crashed at Seraincourt and all five crew were killed, Pilot Officer Tozer, three RAF members, Sergeant George Errington 1531620, Sergeant Harold Ernest Jones 1375844 of Walthamstow, Essex, England, and Sergeant Richard Kitchener White 1193463 of Rendal, Worcestershire, England, and one Royal Canadian Air Force member, Warrant Officer Class II Gordon Kenneth Young R/90189 of Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
Pilot Officer Tozer’s official memorial is his grave in the Seraincourt Churchyard, Champaigne-Ardenne, France, where his headstone is inscribed with “Thy will be done”. His Roll of Honour is Perth.
His honour plaque in Kings Park was dedicated by his mother on 5 December 1948. She died on 11 April 1948 seven months before the Plaque Dedication Service. Pilot Officer Tozer is the son of Reginald Arthur Tozer (1879-1934) and Agnes Lillian Tozer (nee Foley) (1880-1948) of Mount Lawley, Western Australia.
Pilot Officer Tozer is remembered with honour.
Note: The location of death shown on the honour plaque is incorrect and should read ”France”.