Robert Hector BAXTER

Regimental number3/2594
OccupationMedical practitioner
Next of kinFather, Robert Gilbert Baxter, c/o Mr Farquahson, National Mortgage Agency Company Limited, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The New Zealand Medical Corps component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Medals

Military Cross

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in working for three days at his regimental aid posts under continual exposure to shell and machine gun fire.'
Source: 'London Gazette'
Date: 23 April 1918

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: Military Cross, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 21