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BAIRD, William Ernest
(Service number 3/2695)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	15/01/1892	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	199 North Street, Timaru
Occupation	Clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	William BAIRD (father), 199 North Street, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	20th Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps
Date	30 December 1916
Transport	Athenic or Opawa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Actions Prior to Capture
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Discharge

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Death

Date	21 November 1963	Age	71 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 139, Plot 81
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James Baird was the son of William and Mary Louisa (née Stewart) Baird.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 December 2016]; School Admission Records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [17 December 2016]; Timaru Herald, 25 July 1958 (Timaru District Library) [20 December 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [22 December 2016]; SCroll submission by A Baird, 30 August 2017

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