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John William BAXTER

Regimental number1084
Place of birthMackay, Queensland
SchoolState School, Mackay, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressOakenden via Eton, Mackay, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 10.5"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinFather, William Baxter, Oakenden via Eton, Mackay, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 July 1915
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/16/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of wounds 1 May 1918
Place of death or woundingPalestine
Age at death28.3
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialNimrin District Military Graves, Palestine (1.5 miles East of Jordan, 6.25 miles East-North-East of Jericho)
Commemoration detailsJerusalem Memorial, Palestine
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
8
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary Ann BAXTER, Nebo Road, Mackay, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6225 Pte Walter Allan BAXTER, 9th Bn, died of wounds, 5 November 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Admitted to No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, 19 January 1916 (injury to knee); discharged to duty, 10 February 1916.

Taken on strength, B Squadron, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Heliopolis, Egypt, 9 March 1916.

Marched into Corps Troops & General Base Depot, Tel-el-Kebir, 26 April 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 20 May 1917.

To Imperial School of Instruction, 5 June 1917; passed Hotchkiss Course and qualified as Instructor; returned from duty, 14 June 1917.

To Rest Camp, Port Said, 14 February 1918.

Wounded in action, Palestine, 30 April 1918; admitted to 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, 30 April 1918 (gun shot wound, abdomen); transferred to 5th Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance, 30 April 1918; died of wounds, 1 May 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BAXTER John William

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