David Murray (Little Jock) BAIRD MM

BAIRD, David Murray

    Service Number: 527
    Enlisted: 7 July 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, Sydney into the 6th Light Horse Regiment.
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 6th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, March 1894
    Home Town: Not yet discovered
    Schooling: The Kings School, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: 9 July 1948, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Port Macquarie Cenotaph
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Jul 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 527, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, Sydney into the 6th Light Horse Regiment.
    21 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 527, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
    21 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 527, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
    15 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 527, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli.
    3 Aug 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Rank Lance Corporal.
    24 Oct 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Rank Corporal.
    29 Dec 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 527, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt. Ship T58 Versova.
    26 Feb 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 527, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Marched out to Serapeum, Egypt.
    23 Dec 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Rank Sergeant.
    19 Jun 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 527, 6th Light Horse Regiment, At Diel el Belah, Palestine, (Egypt).
    4 Dec 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 527, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Australian and New Zealand Division, dangerously wounded, gunshot wound to the abdomen-left thigh, right arm and both feet, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Jaffa (Israel).
    22 Dec 1917: Honoured Military Medal, Awarded the Military Medal.
    16 Feb 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 527, 6th Light Horse Regiment, 14th Australian General Hospital transferred to A83 HMAT ‘Ulysses’ for Australia, Port Said (Egypt).
    19 Sep 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 527, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged as a consequence of medical fitness at the 2nd Military District, Sydney, New South Wales.

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