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BEZZANT, Sydney John
(Service number 10/2527)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Lance Corporal

Birth

Date	9 January 1894	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	169 Main Road, Palmerston North
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs N. BEZZANT (mother), 169 Main Road, Palmerston North
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Wellington Infantry Battalion
Date	14 August 1915
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Wellington Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
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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

Timber machinist

Death

Date	1 January 1972	Age	75 years
Place of Death	New Plymouth
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sydney John Bezzant was the son of Henry Montague and Norah Ellen (Honorah, Helen, née Welsh) Bezzant. Like his brother he attended Timaru Main School.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [03 January 2017]; Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [03 January 2017]

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