Lionel James BAXTER

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BAXTER, Lionel James

Service Number:	1200128
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR)
Born:	St George, Queensland, Australia, 2 July 1937
Home Town:	St George, Balonne Shire, Queensland
Schooling:	Thallon State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 15 March 1966, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Warwick War Cemetery, Queensland, Australia RSL. C. 23
Memorials:	Allora WW2 Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goomburra Honour Roll, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Newhaven 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Memorial Plaque, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Townsville HB - 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Warwick War Memorial

Vietnam War Service

10 Jul 1965:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1200128, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR)
10 Jul 1965:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1200128

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Biography

1200128 Pte Lionel James Baxter Age 20
1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Killed in Action by Gun Shot Wound in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam

Information from Fina a Grave Memorial

1200128 1RAR - Private. Lionel James Baxter 29 from Allora QLD. Baxter was killed in action in Phuoc Tuy, 15th March 1966. His gun jammed during the fire-fight. Buried Warwick (RSL) Cemetery QLD

Information from Vietnam Veterans Honour Roll

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