Background
Boxer was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1916 and was educated at Nelson College from 1927 to 1935.
Boxer was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1916 and was educated at Nelson College from 1927 to 1935.
Nelson College.
Boxer joined the Royal Air Force in January 1939 and saw service during the Second World War as a pilot with Number. 161 Squadron at Royal Air Force Tempsford, as a flight commander with Number. 138 Squadron and then as Commanding Officer of Number.
161 Squadron from 1943.
He continued his war service on the staff in the Directorate of Intelligence at the Air Ministry from September 1943 and then on the staff at Headquarters Royal Air Force Bomber Command from February 1945. He remained in the Royal Air Force after the war.
Boxer flew B-29s over of Korea while on secondment to the United States Air Force. He became Officer Commanding Number. 7 Squadron in 1956, Station Commander at Royal Air Force Wittering in 1958 and Group Captain responsible for Plans at Headquarters Bomber Command in 1959.
He went on to be Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Number.
1 Group in 1963, Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Royal Air Force Bomber Command in 1965 and Defence Services Secretary in 1967 before retiring in 1970.