Jamieson Brown Hazlett

GEDCOM Note

Embarked Wellington, 21 August 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 25 October 1916, and marched into Sling Camp.
Proceeded overseas to France, 15 November 1916; joined 2nd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, in the field, 4 December 1916.
Detached to 3rd Company, NZ Engineers, 21 July 1917.
Wounded in action, 12 August 1917, 12 August 1917 (gun shot wound, right leg), and admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 13 August 1917; transferred same day to No 2 Australian CasualtyClearing Station, and thence same day to No 7 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples; transferred to No 9 General Hospital, Rouen, 25 August 1917. Transferred to England, 4 September 1917, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 5 September 1917; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 25 September 1917; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 26 October 1917; attached to 4th Reserve Bn, Sling Camp, 5 February 1918.
Attended Course of Instruction, Lyndhurst, 11-27 March 1918: failed.
Marched into NZ Machine Corps Depot, Grantham, 13 April 1918.
Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 27 May1918 (tonsillitis); discharged to Machine Gun Corps Depot, Grantham, 5 June 1918.
Admitted to Military Hospital, 19 June 1918 (influenza); discharge date not recorded.
Commenced return to New Zealand from Tilbury on board HT 'Arawa',15 May 1919; discharged, 12 June 1919.
Total war service: 3 years 42 days (of which 2 years 269 days were abroad) AWMM
SOUTHLAND TIMES, ISSUE 17756, 6 SEPTEMBER 1917,
ROLL OF HONOUR
Private J. B. Hazlett
Wounded by gunshot in the left leg on August 12 Privat Jamison Brown Hazlett fourth son of Mrs W. K Hazlett of Myross Bush, Born at South Hillend 24 years ago and educated there and at Roslyn Bush, the soldier was working on a district chaff-cutter when he enlisted in the Sixteenth. Two other Hazlett brothers are on active service ( Joseph and Alex )