Civilian life
Birth
Date of birth
Place of birth
Birth notes
Address before enlistment
Pre 30 June 1916 AWMM 39 Wallis Street, Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
Post war occupation
Next of kin on embarkation
Edwin Stakey (cousin), 26 David Street, Caversham, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
Relationship status
Pre 16 October 1916
AWMM Single AWMM
Service
War
Campaign
- 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
- Messines AWMM
Armed force / branch
Service number
WWI 29720 AWMM
Military service
Territorials, No 2 Company, Engineers AWMM
Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
Capture details
Days interned
Liberation date
Liberation Repatriation
POW liberation details
POW serial number
Medical notes
- Height, 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
Biographical information
- Son of the James and Lucinda Charlotte Baird
All Black in 1913
Attested June 1916, embarked for England October 1916
Marched into Sling November 1916
Embarked for France February 1917, attached to strength Etaples
Joined Battalion and posted to 4th Company in the field 1 March 1917
Mortally 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
Death
Death
7 June 1917 AWMM
Age 23 AWMM
AWMM
Date of death
Age at death
Place of death
Cause of death
Death notes
Cemetery
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM III. B. 265. AWMM
Cemetery name
Grave reference
Obituary
Memorial name
Memorial reference
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Sources
External links
Documents
- Chester, 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. (2013-2015). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-3). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
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| Date | Name | Location | Relationship | Contact |
| 07 June 2015 | freddy | Belgium | Researcher |
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