BAIRD, Alfred John
Service Number: | 2778 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Quorn, South Australia, 22 March 1898 |
Home Town: | Prospect, Prospect, South Australia |
Schooling: | Nailsworth Public School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Fitter &Turner |
Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 7 October 1917, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
Nine Elms British Cemetery Plot IV Row A Grave 12, Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Croydon War Memorial, Kilburn Islington Railway Workshops Honour Roll, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board |
World War 1 Service
16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 2778, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 2778, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide |
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Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of Joseph BAIRD and Annie Elizabeth nee JOYCE
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931) Saturday 27 October 1917
THE LATE PRIVATE BAIRD.
Mr. and Mrs. Baird, of Olive-street, Prospect, have been notified that their second son, Private A. J. Baird, 43rd Battalion, died of wounds on October 7.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5566981