Profile

BAXTER, Robert Hunter
(Service number 70928)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	16/08/1885	Place of Birth	Waitohi

Enlistment Information

Date	12 November 1917	Age
Address at Enlistment	Chertsey, Canterbury
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs R. H. BAXTER (wife), Hatuma, Hawke's Bay
Religion	Presbyterian
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	37th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifle Brigade
Date	23 April 1918
Transport	HMNZT 102 Willochra
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Southampton, Hampshire, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian Expeditionary Force, 1918-1919
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

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		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	14 August 1951	Age	62 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 16 August 1951
Memorial or Cemetery	Geraldine Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 324, Plot 112
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database [7 December 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref AABK 18805 W5520 0012683 [10 December 2016]. http://www.flotilla-australia.com/hmnzt.htm [10 December 2016]. Timaru District Council Cemetery Database http://www.timaru.govt.nz/services/community-and-culture/cemeteries/cemetery-search

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Researched and Written by

Dianne Hall

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