Some more information on Mike Izzard, with thanks to Eric Rigter, Bill Blair (Class of 1974), the RASigs network and the OCS Alumni. Mike was in Kapyong Company and was in our class for 1969 and 1970.  

Major Michael G. Izzard, RA Sigs (Retd), OCS Class of December 1972 (Scheyville Wing) died on 16 December 2025, after some years of poor health.

His family has advised that he didn’t wish to have a funeral service. The family is intending to hold a celebration of his life early in the new year.

Mick died from respiratory arrest second to aspiration and had suffered from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) for some time. COPD is largely caused from smoking and Mick, by his own admission, having taken up the habit on joining Army, had smoked too heavily for too long.  He had lost his left leg above the knee some years ago due to vascular disease, also caused by smoking.  He had only recently made a claim through DVA for his smoking habit and was allocated a Gold Card just three weeks ago.   

His wife, Trish, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer December last year and has just finished her chemo treatment.  She is at home and had a visit from a palliative care nurse recently but is apparently “getting by”.