BAXTER, Jack
| Service Number: | 3605 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Cooktown, Cook, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Cooktown State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Acute purulent bronchitis, Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 17 January 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England Plot 317, Row D, Grave 7, Sutton Veny (St John) Churchyard, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3605, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3605, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 3605, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 17th January.... Private Jack Baxter was born at Cooktown, Queensland in 1891. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 8th June, 1917 as a 26 year old Miner.
Private Jack Baxter embarked from Sydney on HMAT Euripides (A14) on 31st October, 1917 with the 52nd Infantry Battalion, 10th Reinforcements & disembarked at Devonport, England on 26th December, 1917 where he was to receive further training before being sent to the War Front.
Private Jack Baxter was marched in to 13th Training Battalion, Codford, Wiltshire on 26th December, 1917. He was sent sick to Group Hospital at Codford with Influenza (Bronchitis & Asthma recorded on Hospital Admissions form) on 2nd January, 1918.
Private Jack Baxter was transferred & admitted to the Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 7th January, 1918 with Bronchitis.
Private Jack Baxter died at 1.45 a.m. on 17th January, 1918 at the Military Hospital, Sutton Veny of Bronchitis purulent. A Post mortem examination was completed on 18th January, 1918 – diagnosis – death from acute purulent bronchitis.
Private Jack Baxter was buried in St. John the Evangelist Churchyard at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australian Soldiers & 2 Australian Nurses are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/sutton-veny-a---b.html
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