TOZER, Arthur Henry
(Service number 52541)
| First Rank | Corporal | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 11/04/1882 | Place of Birth | Blackawton, Devon, England |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | C/o Dr Barclay, Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Chauffeur | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Jessie May TOZER (wife), 4 Armagh Street, Christchurch. Later of 84 High Street, Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 29th Reinforcements, Specialists Company, Machine-Gun Section | ||
| Date | 13 August 1917 | ||
| Transport | Mokoia or Ruahine | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Glasgow, Scotland | |
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| Service Medals | British War Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
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Biographical Notes
Arthur Henry TOZER was born on 11 April 1882 in Devon, England, the son of James Langley and Henrietta TOZER, and, along with an infant sister, baptized on 27 May 1887 at St Lawrence, Morden, Surrey. . He married Jessie May HANNAH in 1917 in New Zealand.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 December 2015]; Timaru Herald, 14 February 1917, 15 & 16 March 1917 (Papers Past) [15 December 2015]; Baptism record Morden, Surrey, England (ancestry.com.su) [16 December 2015]1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 England census returns (ancestry.com.au) [16 December 2015]; Shipping records (ancestry.com.au) [16 December 2015]
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