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Richard HAZLITT

Regimental number912
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolHaileybury College, Brighton Beach, Victoria
Other trainingHawkesbury Agriculture College, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressState Farm, Brunswick, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinJ W Hazlitt c/o J C Williamson Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date7 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 2 November 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularBrothers: 85 Sapper Cecil Jack HAZLITT, 4th Divisional Signal Company, returned to Australia, 26 December 1916; G.R. HAZLETT, cricketer
FateDied of wounds 21 September 1916
Place of death or woundingMouquet Farm, Pozieres, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialCambridge Borough Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 3401), Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
152
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Louise HAZLITT, 254 Dandenong Road, St Kilda, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as HAZLETT.

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