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PIZZEY, John Beecham
(Service number 49652)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

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
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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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Discharge

Date		Reason

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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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