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Military service
Service number:
139530
Age:
28
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
September 27, 1888
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Hugh and Martha Jane Baird, of Newry, County Down, Ireland.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal David Baird
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Photo of David Baird
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 341 of 1072. -
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 January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Baird
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Baird
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Baird
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Baird
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Baird
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Baird
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Baird
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Baird
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 49 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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