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TOZER, Arthur Stanley
(Service number 78588)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	28 August 1879	Place of Birth	Geraldine

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Geraldine
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	T. J. TOZER (brother), 19 Warren Street, Hastings
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	40th Reinforcements, A Company
Date	10 July 1918
Transport	RMS Tahiti
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	British War Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	17 September 1919	Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	10 June 1954	Age	74 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 114, Plot 11
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Arthur Stanley TOZER was the son of Simon Peter and Catherine TOZER.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 December 2015]; Headstone image Timaru Cemetery (Timaru District Council) [15 December 2015]; Timaru Herald, 4 September 1917, 10 April 1918, 15 January 1920 (Papers Past) [16 December 2015]

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