Andrew Craig BAIRD

BAIRD, Andrew Craig

Service Number: VX24605
Enlisted: 10 June 1940, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Geraldton, Western Australia, 15 April 1912
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Panel 17, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial, Sunshine Cenotaph
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Lance Corporal, VX24605
10 Jun 1940: Enlisted Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
10 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX24605, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography

2/22 Battalion

Rank - Lance Corporal

Son of James and Lilian Edith Baird, of Toorak, Victoria.