Lieutenant Colonel James Walter Baxter V.D

Born:                           24 September 1892 Molong N.S.W

2 nd Lieutenant:          16 June 1914  24 Infantry Battalion 

Lieutenant:                  1 July 1915  24 Infantry Battalion
                                    1 April 1916 25^th Battery 7^th Field Artillery Brigade A.I.F
                                    22 September 1916 – 7 January 1917 23^rd Field Artillery Brigade A.I.F
                                    8 January 1917 3^rd Division Ammunition Column A.I.F
                                   7 September 1917 NO.1 School of Aeronautics

Flying Officer:            26 March 1918 Australian Flying Corp (A.F.C)

(Pilot)                          14 April 1918 NO.6 Training Squadron (A.F.C)

                                    24 April 1918 NO.5 Training Squadron (A.F.C)

                                    20 May 1918 NO.1 School of Fighting and Gunnery

                                    16 June 1918 NO.4 Squadron (A.F.C)

                                    19 July 1918 NO.6 Training Squadron (A.F.C)

                                    3 August 1918 4^th Squadron A.F.C

Lieutenant;                  7 September 1918 Reserve Battery 3^rd Division Artillery A.I.F

                                    1 October 1918 2^nd Battalion 1^st Infantry Regiment A.M.F  

                                    21 April 1919 A.I.F Appointment terminated

                                    1 September 1919 Australian Field Artillery

Captain:                       20 April 1922 53^rd Battery XIV A.F.A Brigade

Major:                          1 January 1925 53^rd Battery XIV A.F.A Brigade

Lieutenant                   18 November 1929 – 17 November 1933 Commanding Officer VII Brigade A.F.A

Colonel:                       18 November 1933 Unattached List

Decorations:                V.D

Occupation:                 Clerk

Died:                           29 October  1938