James Patterson BAIRD

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Service Number:	NX23840
Enlisted:	3 June 1940, Paddington, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Arncliffe, New South Wales, 29 September 1900
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Works Manager
Died:	Killed in Action, Crete, Crete, Greece, 20 May 1941, aged 40 years
Cemetery:	Suda Bay War Cemetery (Souda Bay) Greece Suda Bay Cemetery, Crete Plot 5, Row A, Grave 12 Roll of Honour Sydney, Suda Bay War Cemetery, Suda Bay, Crete, Greece
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement NX23840
3 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Paddington, NSW
3 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX23840, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion
23 Sep 1940:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX23840, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT 84
21 May 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX23840, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion, Battle of Crete

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Son of John and Hannah Baird, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Martha Baird, of Kogarah, New South Wales.