Albert BAXTER

BAXTER, Albert

Service Number: 1229
Enlisted: 30 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 7th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Koroit, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1872
Home Town: Whitton, Leeton, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Miner
Died: Killed in Action, El Magim, Palestine, 16 May 1917, aged 45 years
Cemetery: Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Plot XX, Row F, Grave No. 8
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Whitton War Memorial Gates and Playground
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"1229 Trooper Albert (Abert) Baxter, of Whitton, NSW,  (was a veteran)  of the Boer War (1899-1902), as evidenced by the ribbon of the Queens South Africa Medal above his left breast pocket. Baxter served one year with the 6th Imperial (NSW) Bushman, nine months with the Bechuanaland Rifles, and six months with the Natal Regiment... Trooper, later Corporal, Baxter was killed when his patrol was attacked by Turkish forces near El Magim in Palestine on 16 May 1917, and is buried at Gaza War Cemetery..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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