BAXTER, Angus Macdonald
| Service Number: | 1205 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916, Townsville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow Scotland, 1 February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 10 September 1957, aged 62 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | City of Townsville WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1205, Townsville, Queensland | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 1205, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 1205, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 30 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 42nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His Father: 1200 CQMS Duncan BAXTER, 42nd Battalion, died of wounds received at Pont-De-Nieppe, Belgium 31 March 1917 (aged 48); His Brother: 1308 Corporal Neil BAXTER, 15th Battalion, killed in action at Gallipoli, 26 April 1915, age 21.
CQMS Duncan Baxter was severely wounded in both feet, during an action that occurred on St Patrick’s Day 1917. In letters received by his wife Annie, prior to and after his wounding, he described how he received the wounds, which cost him his life.
His son Angus had been with him in the same dugout, when they had been bombarded by high explosive shells. Duncan was evacuated to a clearing station, then hospital, but did not survive the severity of his wounds and he died on 31 March 1917, aged 48 years. Although Angus was unable to be with his father at the time of his death, he was able to attend his burial in Boulogne.
1205 Angus Macdonald Baxter, who enlisted with his father, and left in the same Company of the 42nd Battalion, rose through the ranks during the war, eventually being commissioned as a Lieutenant. Angus applied for and was granted four months leave, to Australia, on half pay. Lieutenant Baxter returned to his family on 6 June 1918.
In 1919, Duncan and Neil Baxter had a street named after them in Townsville, which still exist today.
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