Harold Evelyn BAXTER

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BAXTER, Harold Evelyn

Service Number:	182
Enlisted:	26 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Ingliston, Victoria, Australia, April 1892
Home Town:	Snake Valley, Pyrenees, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, and Business College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 June 1915
Cemetery:	Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot 1, Row K, Grave 5, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 182, 2nd Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 182, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 182, 2nd Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli
3 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 182, 2nd Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Spr 182 Harold Evelyn Baxter was killed in action on 3 June 1915 when the Turks shelled a work party that was constructing Watson's Pier at Anzac Cove. He was hit in the head with shrapnel.

On Beaufort War Memorial.

Biography

2 Field Company Engineers

Rank - Sapper

Proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 5 April 1915;

Killed in action, Gallipoli, 3 June 1915 (shot through head).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Trained Short Hand Typist and student in Telegraph Engineering

Son of James Hugh and Annie Baxter, of O'Hea Rd., Coburg, Victoria, Australia.

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