BAXTER, Walter Langley
| Service Number: | 168 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 February 1915, Liverpool NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Annandale, NSW, 9 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Annandale Superior Public School |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Annandale War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 168, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 168, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 168, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 168, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 168 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-09-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William B and Charlotte BAXTER, 304 Young Street, Annandale, NSW
Walter served in Gallipoli and was wounded at Hill 60 and invalided to England, recovered and returned to duty in France where he made the supreme sacrifice on 20 September 1917.
He was a Lodge Member.
BAXTER.—In loving memory of our dear son and our brother, Sergeant Walter Langley Baxter, A Company, 18th Battalion, killed in action September 20, 1917, after 3 years 3 months on active service, son of Mr. and Mrs. Baxter, 304 Young-street, Annandale, loved brother of Albert (O.A.S. Abroad), Ben, Percy, Sarah, Hilda, Evelyn. A noble life nobly
given. An Anzac.
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