Alexander Spence BAIRD

BAIRD, Alexander Spence

Service Number: VX29827
Enlisted: 22 July 1940, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 3rd later 2nd/3rd Light (later Composite) Anti Aircraft Regiment
Born: Gundagai, New South Wales, 31 December 1903
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Crete, Crete, Greece, 20 May 1941, aged 37 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens Face 10, Athens Memorial, Athens, Greece
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

22 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX29827, Army Training Units, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
22 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX29827
20 May 1941: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, VX29827, 3rd later 2nd/3rd Light (later Composite) Anti Aircraft Regiment, Battle of Crete

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Biography

Rank Gunner

3 Lt A/A Regiment

Son of Alexander Fullerton Baird and Margaret Baird; husband of Lucy Ella Baird, of Auburn, Victoria, Australia.