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Arnold Woodford Izard

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Portrait of Dr. Arnold Woodford Izard, New Zealand Geographic, 13 September 1911. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19110913-21-9. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Dr. Arnold Woodford Izard, New Zealand Geographic, 13 September 1911. Auckland Libraries …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arnold Woodford AWMM
  • Surname
    Izard AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 3/532 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

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  • Birth
    Military Personnel File
  • Date of birth
    30th September 1873 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - Military record
  • Place of birth
    Wellington Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - Military record
  • Birth notes
    son of Charles Beard & Mary Ann IZARD originally from Sussex, England - late from Wellington Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177900876/arnold-woodford-izard
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Wellington Club, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Doctor Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - Military record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 C.H. Izard (brother), Hill Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW1 C.H. Izard (brother), Hill Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 15 August 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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    WW1 Surgeon/Civilian AWMM
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    27 June 1916 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
    Admitted to Brokenhurst with dysentery AWMM

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Biographical information

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  • Served as a Civil Surgeon with the South African Field Force, 4th Middlesex Regiment Volunteer in the South African War.

    Attended Christ's College 1888-1890; Trinity College, University of Cambridge and the University of London. Son of Charles Beard Izard, Wellington. Source: Stowers, Rough Riders, 2011, p.288.

    Chief Medical Officer to the King of Tonga prior to First World War service. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    11 February 1932 Military Personnel File
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
    58yrs Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177900876/arnold-woodford-izard
  • Place of death
    Wellington Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177900876/arnold-woodford-izard
  • Cause of death
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    Karori Cemetery, Wellington Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177900876/arnold-woodford-izard
  • Grave reference
    Soldiers 31Q Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177900876/arnold-woodford-izard
  • Obituary
    DR. A. W. IZARD DEAD. MEMBER OF WAR PENSIONS BOARD. FORMER MAJOR IN N.Z.M.C. A medical man who was known by many hundreds of returned soldiers throughout the Dominion, Dr. Arnold W. Izard, died in Auckland yesterday of pneumonia, after a week's illness. He was medical member of the War Pensions Board, which was sitting in Auckland, when he became ill on February 3. Dr. Izard was born in Wellington in 1873, a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Izard. He was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and afterwards at Trinity College, Cambridge. From there he went to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He held the degrees M.A., M.D. and B.C. (Cantab.), also M.B.C.S. and L.R.C.P. (London). After working as clinical assistant at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, he was appointed chief medical office]' at Tonga. He was a civil surgeon during the South African War, and held the rank of major in the New Zealand Medical Corps in the Great War. He was awarded the 0.8. E., and was also an honorary associate of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. He had published various medical papers. Dr. Izard was unmarried. The Hon. Charles Hay ward Izard, M.L.C., of Wellington, is a brother. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 36, 12 February 1932, Page 3
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Sources

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    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 359 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      26: 1 AWMM
    • New Zealand Free Lance AWMM
      Volume XV, Issue 778, 31 March 1915, Page 24 AWMM
    • Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 5: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Pat Clarkson Medical Practitioner Research Project (January 2014 - March 2022). This project identified Medical Practioners who served in WWI. AWMM
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM

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16 October 2024Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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