Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) David Russell Baxter 25th Battalion of Townsville Qld. A bookeeper in ...

Accession Number P03233.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Portrait
Physical description Black & white, Portrait
Maker Unknown
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) David Russell Baxter 25th Battalion of Townsville Qld. A bookeeper in civilian life, he was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1880, and he enlisted on 8 Jan 1915. Lt Baxter was awarded a Military Cross (MC) in 1917. On 13 June 1918, Captain Baxter died of wounds sustained while fighting near Bonnay.

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