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• Herbert Alfred Tanzer

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Born: 1 January 1892

Died: 30 October 1970

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Name recorded

• Herbert Alfred Tanzer

Service numbers

• Service number 655
• Service number 3523

Ranks

• Held rank of Private
• Held rank of Staff Sergeant
• Held rank of Corporal

Birth records

• Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• 1892 in St Peters, NSW, Australia

Death record

• 30 October 1970 in Manly, NSW, Australia

Life events

• Enlisted at Casula, NSW, Australia
• Embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Berrima
• Embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Warilda

Addresses

• Esther Road, Mosman, NSW, Australia
• 39 The Crescent, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - Tanzer, William Lewis
• Brother - Charles William Tanzer †
• Brother - Louis Herman Tanzer
• Father - William Lewis Tanzer
• Mother - Matilda Anna Rock

Organisations

• Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
• 3rd Field Company Engineers
• 4th Australian Tunnelling Company

Main sources

• Staff Sgt. H.A. Tanzer (photograph)
• TANZER Herbert Alfred : Service Number - 655 3523 : Place of Birth - Sydney NSW : Place of Enlistment - Casula NSW : Next of Kin - (Father) TANZER William Lewis (item)
• Discovering Anzacs - Herbert Alfred Tanzer (webpage)
• First World War Embarkation Roll - Herbert Alfred Tanzer (webpage)
• First World War Embarkation Roll - Herbert Alfred Tanzer (webpage)

Commemorations

• TANZER H. A. on the North Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• Tanzer, H.A. on the Mosman Public School Roll of Honour
• Tanser, H A on the St Clement's World War 1 Roll of Honour