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BEZZANT, Henry Montague
(Service number 3/3873)

Aliases Harry
First Rank Private Last Rank Staff Sergeant

Birth

Date 16 May 1892 Place of Birth Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment 12 York Street, Timaru; 18 Archer Street, Timaru
Occupation Clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs Nora BEZZANT (mother), 12 Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North
Religion
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 34th Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps
Date 8 February 1918
Transport Ulimaroa
Embarked From Destination Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Medical Corps

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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 Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Clerk

Death

Date 2 January 1976 Age 83 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference Services Section, Row 159, Plot 132
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Henry Montague Bezzant was the son of Mrs Nora Bezzant. He attended Timaru Main School.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [28 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [28 December 2016]

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