Herbert Russell (Bert) BAXTER

BAXTER, Herbert Russell

    Service Number: 3041
    Enlisted: 15 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 57th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria
    Schooling: Mildura, State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Railway employee
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 15 July 1916
    Cemetery: Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix
    Plot 1, Row F, Grave 1
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura Cenotaph, Mildura Primary School War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    26 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3041, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
    26 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3041, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
    15 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3041, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3041 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-15
    15 Jul 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3041, 57th Infantry Battalion, K.I.A.
    Date unknown: Involvement 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
    Date unknown: Involvement 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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    Biography

    57 Battalion

    Rank - Private

    23 February 1916 - Taken on strength Tel el Kebir

    15 March 1916 - Transferred to 57 Battalion

    17 June 1916 - Embarked to join B.E.F at Alexandria on board HT Kalyan

    24 June 1916 - Disembarked Marseilles

    Son of George and Ellen Grace Baxter, of Mildura, Victoria, Australia

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