Private

Walter Snelling Baird

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of the late William and Ann Matilda Hooper Baird; husband of Olive Daiton Clarke (formerly Baird), of 24, Seymour St., Ponsonby, Auckland. Born in New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
56530
Name:
Walter Snelling Baird
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Olive Dalton Baird (wife), Railway Road, Pukekohe, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Carpenter
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Auckland Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
26 March 1918
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
30
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
13 August 1917
Transport:
HMNZT 91
Vessel:
Mokoia
Destination:
Glasgow, Scotland

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
France
Walter Snelling Baird
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