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James Holmes HAZLETT

Regimental number30
Place of birthCooney Terrace, Londonderry, Ireland
SchoolModel School, Londonderry, Ireland
Age on arrival in Australia20
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSalesman
AddressWarry Street, Valley, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 8.5"
Weight162 lbs
Next of kinFather, J Hazlett, 14 Clooney Terrace, Londonderry, Ireland
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in the Ebrangton Volunteers.
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll290/08/1914
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Field Ambulance, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A22 Rangatira on 25 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Ambulance
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was a well known long distance runner and athlete both in Ireland and Australia. Buried at Beach Cemetery, Southern Point of Anzac Cove, Gallipoli.
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1915
Place of death or woundingSuvla Bay, Gallipoli
Age at death24.6
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialBeach Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 7), Anzac, Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
182
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Hannah HAZLETT, 37 Clooney Terrace, Londonderry, Ireland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli.

Embarked Brisbane on HMAT â??Bangatiraâ??, 25 September 1914.

Killed in action, 9 August 1915.

Buried at Australian and New Zealand Beach Cemetery, 9 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HAZLETT James Holmes

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