Medical Orderly Hazel was taken on by Dr. Seddall, the Detachment's Staff Assistant Surgeon.  We can only assume, at this time, that Hazel was picked by Seddall himself.  It is possible that Hazel was the one chosen out of a body of Men from the Medical Service who volunteered to traveled with Detachment as a Volunteer, thereby being eligible for the 30 acre free land grant to be given for each man who completed the 6 years of service there.

Whichever the case, Hazel traveled with the main body of the Detachment on board the Thames City and it appears that this was not a pleasant voyage for the man.

We have a record of his time on board the Thames City courtesy of "The Emigrant Soldier's Gazette and Cape Horn Chronicles", a weekly newspaper, written and printed by the Men for the Detachment on board.

The following describe Hazel's time on board the Thames City.

Upon arriving at Queenborough a District Court Martial was convened.  This required a certain number of Officers, according to Regulations.  After denying Leave to Captain Bazalgette, the court begins.

 In a document regarding the accurate names of Men in the Detachment, made by Sapper Wolfenden in 1909, Philip Jackman notes that Hazel was "drunk, court-martialed and discharged".