ik ke bus ) ▁in ▁West ▁Fland ers , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁put ▁under ▁two ▁hours ▁pun ishment ▁each ▁day . ▁Event ually ▁he ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁A be ele ▁and ▁back ▁to ▁Mitchell . ▁On ▁ 5 ▁March ▁Mitchell ▁ordered ▁him ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁lines ▁at ▁Y pres . ▁Prov ost ▁Serge ant ▁Bo oth ▁was ▁put ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁B ax ter ▁and ▁at ▁one ▁time ▁p unch ed ▁him ▁in ▁the ▁face ▁and ▁beat ▁him ▁up , ▁Bo oth ▁saying ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁ordered ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁B ax ter ▁was ▁placed ▁under ▁Captain ▁Phill ips ▁and ▁taken ▁to ▁the ▁O tag o ▁Infantry ▁Regiment ▁camp . ▁He ▁was ▁then ▁returned ▁to ▁Bo oth ' s ▁super vision . ▁ ▁At ▁one ▁stage ▁Bo oth , ▁on ▁direction ▁from ▁a ▁Captain ▁Stevens on , ▁placed ▁B ax ter ▁by ▁an ▁am mun ition ▁dump ▁being ▁sh elled ▁by ▁the ▁Germ ans . ▁Despite ▁a ▁heavy ▁bar rage , ▁B ax ter ▁was ▁un har med . ▁After ▁further ▁ab us ive ▁treatment ▁including ▁star v ation , ▁he ▁suffered ▁a ▁complete ▁physical ▁and ▁mental ▁break down , ▁and ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁hospital ▁in ▁England ▁about ▁May ▁ 1 9 1 8 . ▁According ▁to ▁his ▁records , ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁hospital ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁assigned ▁to ▁the ▁ 3 rd ▁New ▁Zealand ▁En tr en ch ing ▁Battalion . ▁ ▁B ax ter ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁diagn osed ▁as ▁suffering ▁from ▁mel anch olia