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Military service
Service number:
186370
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
27th Bn.
Birth:
October 22, 1895
Pilot Mound, Manitoba
Enlistment:
May 13, 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the Hon. J. B. Baird, and his wife, Margaret Teskey, of Pilot Mound, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private George Baird
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Memorial Plaque
Bank of Hamilton War Memorial Plaque. The Bank of Hamilton (1872-1924) headquarters was located during the first World War at King and James Street, Hamilton, Ontario. Many of the men listed on this memorial were employed at Bank of Hamilton branches located across Canada. The Bank merged with the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1924. -
Inscription
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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 349 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 George Baird
Digital gallery of
Private George Baird
Digital gallery of
Private George Baird
Digital gallery of
Private George Baird
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 49 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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