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Sergeant JOHN BAIRD

Service Number: 1211
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

32nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 December 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. B. 56.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Jessie Hamilton Baird; husband of Mrs. M. Baird, of "Perth", Fremantle Road, Cottesloe, Western Australia. Native of Linlithgowshire, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription OH FOR A CLOSER WALK WITH GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1539
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