Patrick Thomas George BAIRD

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BAIRD, Patrick Thomas George

Service Number:	4068
Enlisted:	5 January 1916, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, February 1894
Home Town:	Busselton, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Lighthouse Keeper
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 November 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square, Busselton Rotary Park of Remembrance Memorial Walk, Busselton St Mary's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Carnarvon War Memorial, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

5 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4068, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4068, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4068, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
3 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4068, 28th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"4068 Private Patrick Thomas George Baird, 28th Battalion, of Busselton then Carnavon, WA... A light keeper prior to enlistment, 4068 Pte Baird embarked with the 10th Reinforcements from Fremantle on HMAT Ulysses on 1 April 1916. He was killed in action at Fleurs, France on 3 November 1916, aged 21. His father, 6729 Pte Patrick David Baird (/explore/people/82992) was a farmer prior to enlistment. He embarked with the 22nd Reinforcements of the 16th Battalion from Fremantle on HMAT Argyllshire on 9 November 1916. - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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