Lieutenant

John Russell Baird

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of John J. and Lilian Grace Baird, of Reefton, Nelson, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
13624
Name:
John Russell Baird
Rank: 
Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mr John J. Baird (father), Rosstown, Reefton, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
30 Healey Street, Westport, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Own account
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 26 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
25 August 1942
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
26
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
XXVIII. A. 13.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
John Russell Baird
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