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Corporal JOHN SWORD BAIRD

Service Number: 406667
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT

II. C. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of George and Jane Baird, of 164, Park Avenue, Barrow-in-Furness, England. Native of Jedburgh Roxburghshire, Scotland.
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Buried or commemorated at

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3187
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