English Māori James Alexander Steenson Baird Born 12 December 1893 - Died 7 June 1917 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 29720 AWMM Also known asJim AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Private AWMM Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 4th (Otago) Company AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesJames Alexander Steenson AWMM SurnameBaird AWMM Ingoa Also known asJim AWMM Service numberWWI 29720 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionCongregational, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Report › Report › Report › Report › Report › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth12 December 1893 AWMM Dunedin, Otago AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentPre 30 June 1916 AWMM 39 Wallis Street, Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationEdwin Stakey (cousin), 26 David Street, Caversham, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 16 October 1916 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign1914-1919 Western Front AWMM Messines AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 29720 AWMM Military serviceTerritorials, No 2 Company, Engineers AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsBritish War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM Victory Medal AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 30 June 1916 AWMM Age 22 AWMM Machinist/Civilian AWMM Trentham, Upper Hutt AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 16 Oct 1916-28 December 1916 AWMM to AWMM HMNZT 66 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Private AWMM 18th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHeight, Unknown Period AWMM 5 foot 9 inches AWMM Weight, Unknown Period AWMM 168 pounds AWMM Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM Brown AWMM Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM Brown AWMM Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Private AWMM Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 4th (Otago) Company AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Son of the James and Lucinda Charlotte BairdAll Black in 1913Attested June 1916, embarked for England October 1916Marched into Sling November 1916Embarked for France February 1917, attached to strength EtaplesJoined Battalion and posted to 4th Company in the field 1 March 1917Mortally wounded in action later that week on 7 March 1917 AWMM he was mortally wounded on 7 June in the Battle of Messines in Belgium and died later that day in Bailleul (France) in the 1st Australian CCS. Public - freddy - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - military personnal file and other research Read more Death About death Contribute › Death7 June 1917 AWMM Age 23 AWMM AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathDied of wounds AWMM Death notes CemeteryBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM III. B. 265. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember James Alexander Steenson Baird by laying a poppy. James Baird James Baird James Alexander Steenson Baird James Campbell Baird James Douglas Baird Lay a poppy for 2020 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of James Alexander Steenson Baird Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects Roll call Library / Pictorial › publication On board ship D526.2 ROL Sources Sources Contribute › External linksPapers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast Sources Used Allblacks.com website All Blacks A to Z http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/atoz.asp?group=A Sources Used Military personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22272043 Further Reference Game report: 2nd Test Match Australia vs New Zealand, Carisbrook 13 September 1913Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 66, 15 September 1913, Page 11 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19130915.2.129 Further Reference Rugby Museum.co.nz rugby profile http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/ABProfilee.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&IDID=34 Further Reference New Zealand Rugby Museum, 87 Cuba Street, Palmerston North http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/default.asp?level1=Home Further Reference Nixon Pictures. (2010). All Blacks at War: the First XIII, film details and profiles of the All Blacks. http://www.nixonpictures.co.nz/All_Blacks_WWI.html Further Reference A Street Near You record https://astreetnearyou.org/person/198254/- Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/198254 Further Reference DocumentsChester, R., McMillan, N. & Palenski, R. (2005). The encyclopedia of New Zealand rugby. Auckland, N.Z.: Hodder Moa. (4th ed.) AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 43: 12 AWMM New Zealand at the Front AWMM New Zealand at the front. (1917). p. 141 AWMM Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM Contributors Processing Command item Command item Add new record Refresh DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact 28 April 2020Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher 07 June 2015freddyBelgiumResearcher The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
