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Birth name
  
Cecil John Hazlitt

Years of service
  
1915–1916

Other name
  
Jack

Service/branch
  
Australian Army

Nickname(s)
  
Jack

Unit
  
28th Battalion

Rank
  
Private

Allegiance
  
Australia

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Died
  
15 June 1993, New South Wales, Australia

Cecil John "Jack" Hazlitt was an Australian soldier who fought in World War I.

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Early life

Hazlitt was born between 15 June and 31 December 1897 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Career

Hazlitt enlisted to join Australian forces on 27 February 1915, and embarked from Fremantle on 9 June 1915. He arrived at Gallipoli in July of that year, and fought in the Gallipoli Campaign as a runner. The average runner at Gallipoli survived for 24 hours, but Hazlitt survived for five months. He later fought in the Battles of Pozières and the Somme, before leaving to return to Australia on 26 December 1916.

Death

Hazlitt died on 15 June 1993 in New South Wales, Australia, aged 95, while living in MacMasters Beach.

References

Jack Hazlitt Wikipedia