Erasmus Baxter

Forenames

Erasmus AWMM

Surname

Baxter AWMM

Service number

WWI 23290 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

4 Mar 1888 AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs A.S. Baxter (wife), 126 Tinakori Road, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 23290 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Cross (MC) AWMM
  London Gazette, 1 January 1919, p33, Rec No 2719: For devotion to duty and consistent good work. This Officer has been Adjutant of the Battalion since 20 January 1918, when he returned after recovering from wounds received at Passchendaele. He has been untiring in his energies and has during the whole time rendered valuable service to the Battalion. During operations in March and April, and in minor operations at Hebuterne in July, and in the attack east of Havrincourt Wood his work was of the greatest assistance in making this operation successful. Previous to this he also did excellent work in a Platoon, and as Battalion Bombing Officer. AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Insurance manager/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 27 May 1916-27 Jul 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 55 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 7th Reinforcements 1st Battalion, E Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

• WW1 Lieutenant/Military AWMM
  New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM
• WW1 Lieutenant/Military AWMM

Erasmus Baxter was the husband of Annie Stewart Baxter, of 126, Tinakori Rd., Wellington, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

12 Oct 1918 AWMM
Age  31 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM I B 2 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7879464
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/564524/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/564524
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  33: 26
• McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald.
  p. 25.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 55 - The Crusader : official organ of Thirteenth Reinforcements aboard H.M.N.Z.T. No.55 -- London : Printed by Spottiswoode Ballantyne and Co. Ltd.