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CAIRNS, David Baird

Service Numbers:	1248, VX40239
Enlisted:	2 March 1916, Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	Headquarters AIF Postal Unit
Born:	Skipton, Victoria, 8 February 1898
Home Town:	Vite Vite, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Heidelberg, Victoria, 1977
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Derrinallum & District WW1 Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

2 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1248, Ballarat, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1248, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1248, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded Private, 1248, 39th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, GSW (head)
9 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1248, 39th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

26 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, VX40239
26 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, VX40239, Caulfield, Victoria
27 Jun 1940:	Promoted Staff Sergeant
15 Mar 1944:	Discharged Staff Sergeant, VX40239, Headquarters AIF Postal Unit
15 Mar 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, VX40239

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