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Aug 23, 1880
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Born in Sydney Township,
Hastings County, Ontario to Richard Davis and Catherine Jane (nee Lake)
Hagerman
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Aug 19, 1907
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Married to Catherine Mathieson
Campbell in Sydney Township, Hastings County, Ontario
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Nov 10, 1914
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Attested into the 21st
Battalion in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59405 (temporary number 639)
Ø Next of kin given as Catherine Hagerman, wife, 2
Elm St., Belleville, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Carpenter
Ø Previous military experience given as 5 years in
the 15th Regiment, Argyll Light Infantry, Belleville
Ø Religion given as Wesleyan
Ø Posted to “F” Company
o This was later reorganized into “C” Company
The 21st Battalion trained
in the Kingston, Ontario area through the winter of 1914-15.
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Apr 7, 1915
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Fined $2.00 for being drunk
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama in
Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport,
England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe,
Kent to continue training
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St. Seiriol in
Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Boulogne,
France and the battalion proceeded to St. Omer
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Sep 29, 1915
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Attached to the 2nd
Division Mining Section for duty
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Jan 12, 1916
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Transferred to the 3rd
Canadian Tunnelling Company digging tunnels near the Messines Ridge
Rank changed to read Sapper
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Dec 16, 1916
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Granted 10 days leave
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Dec 27, 1916
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Rejoined the tunnelling
company from leave
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Jun 1, 1917
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Awarded the Good Conduct Badge
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Dec 28, 1917
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Granted 14 days leave
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Jan 12, 1918
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Rejoined the tunnelling
company from leave
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Feb 1, 1918
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Admitted to the 2/3 Lancashire
Field Ambulance with a diagnosis that reads VDG (Venereal Disease Gonorrhea)
and transferred the same day to the No. 3 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station)
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Feb 4, 1918
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Transferred via the No. 20 AT
(Ambulance Train) and admitted to the No. 51 General Hospital in Etaples
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Mar 3, 1918
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Discharged from hospital and
reported to the CGBD (Canadian General Base Depot) in Etaples
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Mar 13, 1918
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After leaving the base depot,
Charles Hagerman rejoined the 3rd Tunnelling Company
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Dec 27, 1918
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Granted 14 days leave
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Jan 12, 1919
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Rejoined the tunnelling
company from leave
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Mar 3, 1919
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Proceeded to England and
joined the CSME (Canadian School of Military Engineering) in Seaford
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Apr 15, 1919
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Embarked the SS Olympic in
Southampton
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Apr 21, 1919
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova
Scotia
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Apr 24, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in
Kingston, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge
Sapper
Ø War Service Badge Class
“A” issued number 246992
Ø Proposed residence
on discharge 2 Elm St., Belleville, Ontario
Following his discharge, the
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at 2 Elm
St., Belleville, Ontario
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Oct 28, 1953
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Charles Harry Hagerman died of
Pneumonia while a patient of the Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, Ontario and
was later buried in the Whites Cemetery, Belleville
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