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Lance Serjeant WILLIAM JOHN BAXTER

Service Number: 8/2842
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 December 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD

I. B. 15.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Matthew Baxter, of Weston, Oamaru, New Zealand.
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BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2112
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