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• Name LAXTON
• Initials JC
• First name JOHN CHARLES
• Place of birth Brisbane
• Country Queensland, Australia
• Family Son of John Charles and Fanny Laxton; three brothers, Thomas, Sidney, Robert;
• Extra info Husband of Ellen Laxton (nee Burke), of Stevenson St., Rosalie, Queensland; three daughters, Edna Ellen, Mona Phyllis and Beryl Mary.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria on 7 July 1915
• Service number 5368
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 25th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 7th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 2nd Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarkation in Brisbane on 8 August 1916; to France on 18 October 1917

Death

• Type of wounds Died of wounds, gas poisoning, at n°2 Can CCS
• Date of death 24 November 1917
• Died at the age of 30
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVI - A - 5

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