Herbert Russell 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
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
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