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Military service
Service number:
9299
Age:
24
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
August 18, 1892
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Jessie Wilson, of 61, Hazelwood Avenue, Toronto, and the late John Baird.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Alexander Baird
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Memorial Plaque
Sgt. Alexander Baird's name is included on this Memorial Plaque. The plaque is located in the entrance of Toronto's Old City Hall on Queen Street. -
News Paper Clipping
Article -
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Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander Baird
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander Baird
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander Baird
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander Baird
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander Baird
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander Baird
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander Baird
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander Baird
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 49 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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