Saturday 24 January 2009

Corporal Allan Clifford Baxter

Son of James Baxter, Ottawa, Ontario.

Joined the 77th Canadian Infantry Battalion at Rockcliffe Camp, Ottawa, Ontario, on 13 August 1915 (number 144551) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in England on 6 July 1916 - landed in France with the battalion on 13 August 1916 - wounded on 4 November 1917 - invalided to England on 9 November 1917 - returned to Canada on 5 July 1918.

Died on 1 February 1921 - buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario.

[also An Historical Sketch of the Seventy-Seventh Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force (Ottawa: War Publications Limited, 1926]

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