Nelson Thomas BAXTER MM

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Service Number:	1433
Enlisted:	1 November 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 18 April 1897
Home Town:	Nowra, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Nowra Public School, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Electrical Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France II. G. 19., Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nowra Soldiers Memorial

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1 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 1433, Liverpool, New South Wales
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1433, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1433, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
27 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 15th Field Artillery Brigade
27 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , 17th Australian Field Artillery Battery
31 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Third Ypres, During operations at HODGE, near Ypres, the 25th/26th September 1917...London Gazette 12 December 1917
1 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1433, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, Gassed
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement Gunner, 1433, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1433 awm_unit: 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-08-08

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