Profile

BAXTER, Robert Hector
(Service number 3/2594)

Aliases
First Rank	Lieutenant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Medical practitioner
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Robert Gilbert Baxter (father), care of Mr Farquahson National Mortgage Agency Company (Limited), Dunedin, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	19th Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps
Date	15 November 1916
Transport	Tahiti or Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European, 1917-1919
Service Medals	British War Medal, Victory Medal
Military Awards	Military Cross (MC)

Award Circumstances and Date

For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in working for three days at his regimental aid post under continual exposure to shell and machine gun fire. Granted 28 November 1917

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	1 February 1920	Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date		Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph database (27 August 2015); Military Personnel File; SCRoll web submission from L Wright, 19 August 2015

External Links

Military personnel file

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin, South Canterbury Museum

Currently Assigned to

Not assigned.

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