Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Document: | New Zealand WW1 Masonic List | N.Z. | |
Awards & Titles: | Officer, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1914-15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians Member of the Royal College of Surgeons | ||
Early Life :
Appears in the Who's Who in the New Zealand and The Western Pacific edition of 1925. His portrait image appeared in the New Zealand Geographic, 13th September, 1911 and is part of the Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19110913-21-9.IZARD, Dr. Arnold Woodford, O.B.E., Wellington Club, Wellingto. B. Well 1873, s of C.B. Izard; unm. Ed Christ's Coll. Chch.; Trin. Coll., Cambridge; St. Barts. Hosp.; M.A., M.D., B.C. (Cantab), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1900; house surgeon, ext. midwifery asst., clinical asst. St. Barts; chief med. off. Tonga; civil surgeon S. African war; med. off. War Pensions Bd.; maj. N.Z.M.C; O.B.E., hon. associate St. John of Jerusalem; published medical papers.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, South Africa.
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: New Zealand Medical Corps |
Mike: BEAN FieldAntbulance, 357, 358, 376 |
| Action : War Survivor |
Although many perished in times of national conflict and in the service of their country, many more survived including those interned as Prisoners of War. Stories of those who did survive are included as part of this site, especially those with high gallantry awards, those included against an external rolls of honour and those who had a distinguished career in wartime and military leaderhip.
Detail :
3/532 Major Arnold Woodford Izard, New Zealand Medical Corps.
For his service in the Great War 1914-1919 he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. He was gazetted in the immediate post war period to become Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the London Gazette 3rd June, 1919.
Probate: IZARD Arnold Woodford of Wellington New Zealand died February 1932 at Auckland New Zealand Probate Wellington to the Publich Trustee of New Zealand. Effects £381 5s. in England. Sealed London 6 August.
The funeral service was held at St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, and he was buried at the Soldier's Cemetery at Karori.
He is commemorated for his service on the Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Isaac Newton University No. 859 E.C. | Cambridgeshire |
| Joined : | Alma Mater No. 1492 E.C. | Cambridgeshire |
| Joined : | Aorangi No. 2300 E.C. | New Zealand (North Island) |
| Joined : | Rahere No. 2546 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
30th April 1895 | 28th May 1895 | 29th October 1895 |
Initiated into Isaac Newton University Lodge in 1895, whilst at Trinity College, Cambridge. He further joined Alma Mater Lodge No. 1492 at Cambridge whilst as a student too, two years after in 1897. He then joined Rahere Lodge in London whilst at St. Barts. hospital on 14th December, 1897, but resigned in 1906.
Joined Aorangi Lodge in Wellington, N.Z 24th May 1904 as a Physician aged 30, but he is shown to have resigned on the 1906 return.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley