Walter James (Wally) LAIRD

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LAIRD, Walter James

Service Number:	154381
Enlisted:	16 January 1945
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Mitcham, South Australia, 30 September 1904
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Unley High School, South Australia
Occupation:	Cabinetmaker (Austral Furniture Coy)
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 2 August 1997, aged 92 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153264819/walter-james-laird
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World War 2 Service

16 Jan 1945:	Enlisted Adelaide
16 Jan 1945:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 154381
18 Oct 1946:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Leading Aircraftman Walter James Laird (Service No:154381) enlisted at No 5 Recruiting Centre Adelaide as an Aircraftman I - mustered as Cabinetmaker. Promoted to Leading Aircraftman, he was attached to 2 Central Recovery Depot Richmond at Discharge on 18 October 1946.

Wally was born in Mitcham, South Australia in 1904, sixth of eight children of George Laird (b1867 in Glasgow, Scotland) and Pauline Stevens (b1873 in Samford, QLD). George immigrated in 1888, arriving in Moreton Bay, QLD on board the Cheyebassa and in 1893 he and Pauline married in Samford. In 1898 the family relocated to South Australia, where George and Pauline raised their family.

Wally started work as a Apprentice Cabinetmaker after high school, and served in the Citizen Forces (1926/1929). In 1931 in Adelaide, Wally married Daphne Evelyn Morris (b1909 at Port Lincoln, South Australia). Wally and Daphne settled in Adelaide, where they raised their family and Wally worked as a Cabinetmaker with Austral Furniture Coy. Daphne died in 1987 and Wally in 1997.

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