TOZER H.

Given Names:  Hubert John Harris

Service Number:  1886

Unit:  28th Battalion, 3rd reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Corporal                                                                                                              

Paybook Number: 

Age:  23 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7½ In                  

Weight:  147 Lbs

Chest:  36 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Hazel

Complexion:  Dark

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  16/6/1915

Place:  Blackboy Hill, WA

Next of Kin:  BROTHER  Edgar Tozer

88 Carr Street, West Perth, Western Australia                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  2/9/1915

Port:  Fremantle                                        

Ship:  HMAT Anchises A68

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Anchises

Embarked:  23/8/1919                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  28th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  15/12/1919                     

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  6421

British War Medal:  4784

Victory Medal:  4776

Other:    Military Medal, Military Cross

BIRTH

Date or Year:  20/5/1892

Place:  Footscray, Victoria                       

Father:  Thomas TOZER                          

Mother:  Theresa Alice McDONALD

MARRIAGE

Year:  1919     

Place:  Glasgow, Scotland                       

Spouse: Evaline Lawrence BURNETT

DEATH

Date or Year: 2/7/1965                            

Place: Mosman Park, Western Australia   

Burial:  Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 3/10/1918; gun shot wound, hands

Military Medal recommendation dated 7/6/1916; showed great courage, coolness and devotion to duty while cutting wire within a few feet of the enemy trenches

Military Cross gazetted 1/2/1919; during advance south of Peronne on 29/8/1918 he went forward to reconnaissance to get valuable information and was continually fired upon

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  W29060                                      

Date Enlisted:  28/8/1940                                        

Date Discharged:  23/11/1944

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