Mervyn Ernest HAZEN

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Service Number:	5341
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rutherglen, Victoria, 13 January 1894
Home Town:	Yarrawonga, Moira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 21 March 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yarrawonga St. Cuthbert's Great War Roll of Honour, Yarrawonga State School War Memorial, Yarrawonga War Memorial

28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5341, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5341, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
21 Mar 1917:	Involvement Private, 5341, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5341 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-21

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Mervyn Ernest HAZEN was born on 13.1.1894 in Rutherglen, Victoria

His parents were Robert Alfred HAZEN and Ellen Jane WARE

He enlisted on 7th August 1915 with the 21st Battalion - S/N 5341

Unit embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Themistocles on 28th July, 1916

He had previously served with the CMF for 3 & a half years with the 58th Infantry

He died of wounds on 21st March, 1917 in France

Buried Dernancourt Communal Cemetery, France

OBITUARY - The Argus - Victoria dated 7.4.1917

Mr. & Mrs. R HAZEN of Yarrawonga have been informed that their eldest son Private Mervyn HAZEN had died of wounds received in France

Private Hazen who was about 22 years of age was a skilled athlete and one of the districts leading footballers