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PIZZEY, John Beecham
(Service number 49652)

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Birth

Date 31/01/1885 Place of Birth Geraldine

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Orari, Canterbury
Occupation Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin John PIZZEY (father), Geraldine, Canterbury
Religion Methodist
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 27th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date 13 June 1917
Transport Tahiti
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Military Awards

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No information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date 21 August 1956 Age 71 years
Place of Death Geraldine
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Geraldine Cemetery
Memorial Reference General Section, Row 221, Plot 179
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Beecham Pizzey was the son of John and Alice (née Huffey) Pizzey. In 1925 he married Jane Elizabeth Lynch. His brother Robert was called up for military service.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 October 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal affairs) [13 November 2017]; Geraldine Cemetery headstone image) (Timaru District Council) [13 November 2017]

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