Jacob Andrew (Andy) BAXTER

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Other Name:	Baxter, Andrew Jacob - WWI Service Record
Service Numbers:	2161, N390185
Enlisted:	14 August 1915, Andrew Jacob Baxter and his brother, Aubrey Longfield Baxter, both took their own horses from their farm to use in the Light Horse Regiment.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Volunteer Defence Corps (NSW)
Born:	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 15 May 1895
Home Town:	Yarra, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	24 September 1982, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Privately Cremated Yass Anglican Cemetery Plot - Ashes interred in columbarium wall.
Memorials:

14 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 2161, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Andrew Jacob Baxter and his brother, Aubrey Longfield Baxter, both took their own horses from their farm to use in the Light Horse Regiment.
11 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 2161, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 2161, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Andrew embarked as 7th LHR, 15th Reinforcement, when he arrived in Egpyt, he was posted to 2nd L.H.R. at Tel-el-Kebir. Andrew's casualty form states "Taken on strength 2nd L.H.R. Regt, Tel-el-Kebir, 14/4/16.
2 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 2161, Removed from Light Horse, sent via H.M.T. Ivernia from Alexandria, Egypt to England for artillery training.
11 May 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 2161, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade

28 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N390185, Volunteer Defence Corps (NSW)
25 May 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N390185, Volunteer Defence Corps (NSW)

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Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922

Jacob Andrew Baxter
Birth 15 May 1893 • Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

Death 24 Sep 1982 • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia