Private
Hazen, Charles Thomas
Unit
102nd Canadian Infantry Battalion
Branch
Infantry
Service Component
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Service Number
703840
birth
1893/01/20
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
death
1917/04/09
Vimy, France
grave
Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Vimy Ridge, France
Gender
Male
Charles Thomas Hazen was born in Hamilton, Ontario, on 20 January 1893. He was the third of George and Mary Hazen’s four children.
Hazen was a rancher in British Columbia before enlisting in the 102nd Canadian Infantry Battalion (North British Columbians) in Nelson, British Columbia, on 18 January 1916. After initial training in Canada, he sailed to England with the battalion on SS Empress of Britain. The ship left Canada on 18 June 1916 and arrived in Liverpool 10 days later. After a short period of training and preparation in England, the 102nd Battalion embarked for France on 11 August 1916, arriving in Le Havre the following day.
In November and December 1916, Hazen was treated for lumbago and trench fever. He was killed in action in France on 9 April 1917, at the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The 102nd Battalion suffered 340 casualties that day. Hazen was initially buried in Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, in Neuville-Saint-Vaast, France. Records indicate that his body was later moved and subsequently lost.
Charles Thomas Hazen is commemorated on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, on Vimy Ridge, in France.
