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John Alan Baird

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Alan AWMM
  • Surname
    Baird AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • J. A. Baird AWMM
    • Johnny AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 709565 AWMM
    • R709565 AWMM
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    Male AWMM
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About birth

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  • Birth
    11 September 1933 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Service

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    Army AWMM
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    • Vietnam 709565 AWMM
    • R709565 AWMM
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    Sergeant, 1 Bn NZ Regiment 1957/59, Malaya. Public - Roscoe - Researcher - 25 January 2020 - 1 Bn RNZIR Dieppe Barracks Association history annuals

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  • Served in Malaya, 1957-1959. Source: C.V. Hawkins, New Zealand Malaya Veterans Association.

    Photo of Sgt J.A. Baird in The Warrant Officers & Senior NCOs, 1st Battalion The New Zealand Regiment (Nyasa Camp, Malaya 1958) AWMM

Death

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    26 January 2007 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    Age 73 AWMM
    Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
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    Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui AWMM
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Sources

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  • Documents
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
    • Hall, C. (2014). No front line : inside stories of New Zealand's Vietnam War. Auckland, New Zealand : Penguin Books. AWMM
    • This record was created from data kindly provided by the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. AWMM
    • Clamp, B., Clamp, D., & 1st Battalion the New Zealand Regiment (1957-59) Association. (2007). 1st battalion the New Zealand regiment (1957-59) association 50th anniversary: the first of the first. B. Clamp. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM
    • Fry, P., & New Zealand. Army. Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Battalion, 1st. (1983). The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment : Journal / [P.J. Fry, editor] (25th anniversary commemorative ed.). Singapore: The Regiment. AWMM
    • Malayan Veterans Assn. (2004-). Selamat : Newsletter of the Malayan Veterans' Association Inc. AWMM

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26 January 2020RoscoeAotearoaResearcher

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