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Norman Kitchener Baird

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Portrait from The Weekly News; 4 October 1944 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait from The Weekly News; 4 October 1944 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Norman Kitchener AWMM
  • Surname
    Baird AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ42356 AWMM
    • WWII 42356 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 September 1916 RNZAF Biographies (R17845607) Southland, South Island RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs Edith F.H. Baird (wife), 75 Pomona Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Wife: Mrs E. F. H. Baird, 75 Pomora Street, Invercargill AWMM
    • WW2 Parents: Mr & Mrs R. Baird of Invercargill AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Pilot/Military RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
  • 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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
    Lost on a transit flight AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Attended Southland Technical College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 August 1944 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Bourail Memorial, Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia AWMM

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26 December 2022KelvinNorfolk, EnglandResearcher

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