James Harold (Jim) BAIRD

BAIRD, James Harold

Service Number: NX47812
Enlisted: 3 September 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion
Born: Waratah NSW, 11 January 1908
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died at sea (Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 12 September 1944, aged 36 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Panel 17 Memorial Murwillumbah NSW, Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX47812
3 Sep 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX47812, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

From the website 230battalion.org.au

Changi Prison and A Force on the Burma Railway

Private D Company 17 Platoon