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Hugh Valentine Baird

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Portrait, Hugh Valentine Baird, Weekly News - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Hugh Valentine Baird, Weekly News - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hugh Valentine AWMM
  • Surname
    Baird AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    282016 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Weymouth Street, Fairton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Elizabeth Susannah Baird (mother), Weymouth Street, Fairton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    282016 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Robert Hamilton Douglas Baird and of Elizabeth Susannah Baird (nee Ellen), of Fairton

    Brothers Hugh Valentine Baird (282016) and Ronald Minto Baird (417330) served in WW2

    Remembered on the Ashburton War Memorial. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    28 November 1943 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM XVI. E. 32 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Ashburton War Memorial, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2377238
    Sources Used
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 11: WW2 8 AWMM

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23 December 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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