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David Baird

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Lone Pine Cemetery & Memorial to the Missing, Gallipoli, Turkey.

Lone Pine Cemetery & Memorial to the Missing, Gallipoli, Turkey.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    David AWMM
  • Surname
    Baird AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 660 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Invercargill, Southland Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 17 August 1914 AWMM 58 Newcastle Street, Yarraville, Victoria AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs F Baird, 34 Jackson Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 17 August 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 660 AWMM
  • Military service
    Southland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 17 August 1914 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 30 AWMM
    Painter Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Footscray, Victoria Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      6' 0.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      168 lb AWMM
    • 25 Apr 1915 {Age 31} AWMMKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Alexandria to join Mediterranean Expeditionay Force, 5 April 1915; transferred from 'C' to 'A' Company, 7th Bn, 5 April 1915.
    Missing, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915; Board of enquiry, 15 June 1915 declared him as wounded; classified as wounded and missing, 18 January 1916; Court of Inquiry held in the field, France, 5 June 1916 declared that he was killed in action, 25 April 1915. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 April 1915 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 31 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    No known grave AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey (Panel 28) AWMM

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11 October 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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