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George Vincent Baird

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George Vincent Baird, on back of photograph "Before leaving for Tripoli". - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George Vincent AWMM
  • Surname
    Baird AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    486389 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 October 1918 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 21 May 1942 AWMM 4 Seddon Road, Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Overseer -Construction and Maintenance Branch, NZPD/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Margaret Jeanette Baird, (wife), 4 Seddon Road, Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 11 December 1942 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    • Northern Divisional Signals, Epsom AWMM
    • 3 Training Unit, Trentham AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 21 May 1942 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Postman/Civilian AWMM
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  • 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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Pneumonia AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Dysentry AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Infectious Hepatitis AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Travel : Cairo to El Adam by train. El Adam to Castelbenito by Douglas D.C. Aircraft. Tripoli to Alexandria by Hospital Ship 'Dorsetshire'. Train to Kantara. Alexandria to Bari, Italy on 'Clan Murdoch' cargo ship. Ancona to Naples. San Spirito Convalescent Camp to Bari by 2 ton truck. Bari to Forli (400 miles) by 3 ton truck (2 1/2 days). Trieste via Fabriano, Perugia and other stops to Bari by truck. Bari to Alexandria by troopship 'Georgic'. Alexandria to maadi by truck. Port Tewfic to Wellington via Melbourne on Strathmore. Wellington to Auckland, and journeys end, by train - a total covering 2 years and 10 months.

    Admitted to 48th General, Tripoli. British Hospital Ship 'Dorsetshire', 2NZ General Hospital, Kantara, NZ Rest Home Sidi Bishr, Alexandria.

    1GH Helwan

    No 2 NZGH Caserto, Italy

    Husband of Jeanette and later of Brenda; father of Les, Audrey AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    20 May 2008 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 22 May 2008 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Point Chevalier RSA, 1136 Great North Road, Auckland 1022 AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 18 AWMM
    • Borman, C. (1954). Divisional Signals. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Handwritten account of George's war recollections in Military Biography File. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 22 May 2008 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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