John Oliver BAIRD

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Service Number:	5953
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Brigade Train
Born:	Truro, South Australia, 8 December 1894
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mechanic
Died:	Ardrossan, SA, 8 February 1963, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ardrossan Cemetery, S.A.
Memorials:	Ardrossan & District WW1 Honor Roll, Eudunda and District WW1 Roll of Honour, Truro and District Roll of Honour

26 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 5953, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
26 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 5953, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Afric, Adelaide

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Son of Alexander BAIRD and Sarah Ann nee WILSON

AWM Embarkation (www.awm.gov.au) text recognition software has transcribed Surname as BAUD - Actual Embarkation Roll (static.awm.gov.au) document shows this to be an error - Surname is BAIRD