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Military service
Service number:
424535
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
44th Bn.
Enlistment:
Minnedosa, Manitoba
Death:
October 25, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Emily Baird, of Foxwarren, Manitoba, Canada; husband of Nettie Jean McKay, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private Edmund Augustus James Baird
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War Memorial
War Memorial in Foxwarren, Manitoba recording name and death of Private E.A. Baird. -
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 345 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)
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Private Edmund Augustus James Baird
Digital gallery of
Private Edmund Augustus James Baird
Digital gallery of
Private Edmund Augustus James Baird
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 49 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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