Alfred John BAIRD

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BAIRD, Alfred John

Service Number:	2778
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Quorn, South Australia, 22 March 1898
Home Town:	Prospect (SA), 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, Nailsworth Primary School Great War Roll of Honour, 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: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2778, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide

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Biography

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

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