Background
PIZARRO, Tomás M was born on December 30, 1884 in Chachapoyas, Peru.
PIZARRO, Tomás M was born on December 30, 1884 in Chachapoyas, Peru.
Officer, specializing in submarines. Escuela de Guerra Naval, 1931. Assistant, director, commander of cadets, Escuela Naval del Perú.
1924-1927; commander, submarine division, 1928. Assistant, director, Escuela de Guerra Naval, 1931. Served on 1st section, navy staff, 1933: commander, destroyer division, on mission to Estonia, 1933.
Organized the forces of the Amazon and opened the port of Iquitos. Chief of the navy staff, 1934-1936. Officer, Ayacucho; knight, Mérito Naval, Spain.
Commander, Al Mérito, Chile. Medals, centenaries of independence, and battle of Ayacucho. Medal, Puente Zampayo, Spain.
Graduate, midshipman, Escuela Naval del Perú, 1904. Studied and served in Spanish navy, 1904-1907. Diploma of staff; Became 2d lieutenant 1909, 1st lieutenant 1911, corvette captain 1915, frigate captain 1920, ship captain 1927, rear admiral 1941.
Commander, advice boat Iquitos of the Loreto river flotilla, 1909-1912. 2d in command, ship Comandante Aguirre, stationed in Lorient, France, 1912-1915. 2d in command, transport Iquitos on voyages to England, United States of America, Chile, 1915-1916.
Commandant, ship Constitución, 1916-1917. Fleet inspector general of artiljery and torpedoes, 1917. 2d commander, cruiser Coronel Bolognesi, 1917-1919, commander, 1919-1922.
Commander, cruiser Almirante Grau. 1922-1924.
Member council of general officers, since 1939.