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TIZARD, Percy George
(Service number 6/2780)

Aliases
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	12/02/1894	Place of Birth	Cromwell

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	18 Elizabeth Street, Timaru
Occupation	Grocer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs E. TIZARD (mother), 18 Elizabeth Street, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
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	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	14 August 1915
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From		Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

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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
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Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

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Death

Date	13 December 1980	Age	86 years
Place of Death	Napier
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Wharerangi Cemetery, Napier
Memorial Reference	Section 13, Plot 20
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

percy George Tizard was the son of William Whittle and Emma (née Marsh), the youngest son in a family of eleven. Percy's father died in 1908 and is interred in the Cromwell Cemetery. His mother died in 1935 and is buried in the Timaru Cemetery with her son John Marsh Tizard. Percy was educated at Cromwell School. .

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [02 jJuly 2019]; NZ BDM records (Department of Internal Affairs); Wharerangi Cemetery headstone image & transcription (Napier City Council) [06 July 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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