TOZER, Claude John
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 12 May 1915, Lieutenant in Senior Cadets, Sydney Grammar School |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Medical Corps WW1 |
| Born: | 27 September 1890, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney University, Sydney Grammar School (CofE) |
| Occupation: | Medical Pracitioner |
| Died: | Murdered , Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia, 21 December 1920, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales Church of England |
| Memorials: | Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll, Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour, Sydney Hospital Staff of Active Service Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Medical Officers, Lieutenant in Senior Cadets, Sydney Grammar School | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Captain, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Karoola, Sydney | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Captain, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 12th Infantry Battalion, as part of 1st Field Ambulance, attached to 12th Battalion | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 12th Infantry Battalion, as part of 1st Field Ambulance, attached to 12th Battalion | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 12th Infantry Battalion, GSW to head and leg plus minor shrapnel wound. | |
| 1 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF | |
| 29 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Major, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1 | |
| 19 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Major, 12th Infantry Battalion, Attached via 3rd Australian Field Ambulance as Battalion RMO | |
| 18 Apr 1918: | Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Polygon Wood, On September 23rd 1917 at Ridge Tunnel, Major Claude Tozer displayed great conspicuous courage and devotion to duty in attending to wounded. | |
| 8 Dec 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Major, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1 | |
| 5 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1 | |
| 5 Apr 1919: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, For gallant service and devotion to duty in the field 26/2/1917 to 28/9/1917 | |
| 21 Dec 1920: | Involvement Major, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: AAMC 3FD Ambulance Rmo 12 Battalion awm_rank: Major awm_died_date: 1920-12-21 | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Captain, 1st Australian General Hospital | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Captain, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Doctor, Soldier, Cricketer
Familiar to Sydney by his deeds at cricket, Dr. Claude John Tozer was
also well known amongst the medical profession. His death last night found him a little over 30 years of age. He graduated as a medical practitioner from the Sydney University shortly before war was declared, and after serving a period on the resident staff of the Sydney Hospital enlisted with the A.M.C. During the four years he spent at the war he was seriously wounded, and also suffered from influenza.
At the beginning of the year he was again dangerously ill, this time with diphtheria, but was able to attend to his profession enough to look after an increasing practice in Roseville and the North Shore districts. His home was in Boundary-street, in the former suburb.
In cricket Dr. Tozer was a player who was well in the limelight owing
to his high standard of batsmanship. He played first with University,
and later with the Gordon Club. He won the batting average last year amongst the Gordon team, and this season was leading with the highest average of runs for Grade cricket. He promised with the 15 who had been selected as material for the N.S.W. team against the Englishmen, and was picked as 12th man, a selection which provoked much criticism.
Dr. Tozer's father was an ex-bank manager of Mudgee, and was also an ardent cricketer. Deceased was unmarried, and was a nephew of the late Sir Horace Tozer, of Queensland.
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