BAXTER, Hugh
| Service Number: | 1537 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 December 1914, Mildura, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rothesay, Bute, Scotland, UK, 1872 |
| Home Town: | Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Public School, Rothesay, Scotland, UK |
| Occupation: | Joiner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" PANEL 40., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1537, 14th Infantry Battalion, Mildura, Vic. | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1537, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray | |
| 26 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1537, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1537, 14th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 1537 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 14th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
The 14th Battalion landed at Gallipoli on the morning of 26 April 1915, taking up initial positions along Shrapnel Gully under heavy fire, then moving up to Quinn's Post and Courtney's Post on 27 April 1915.
Pte 1537 Hugh Baxter was listed as wounded/missing, later killed, in action on 8 August 1915 following the unsuccessful attack on Hill 971 as part of the August Offensive (aged 43). There is a very high probability he was killed at or near a place called Abdel Rahman Bair (the ridgeline immediately before Hill 971) where the 14th Battalion was caught in the open by well sited Turkish machine guns and driven back with significant casualties (36 killed, 93 wounded and 128 missing - later confirmed killed).
Hugh Baxter's body was never recovered and he is memorialised at the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is one of 12 Casualties who served with Australian forces in the Great War remembered on the Rothesay War Memorial. The Royal Burgh of Rothesay (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Bhòid) is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Rothesay lies along the coast of the Firth of Clyde.
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