Military service
Service number:
R/182351
Age:
33
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
30 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Birth:
June 16, 1910
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 31, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
May 28, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. B. Row D. Grave 18.
Additional information
Son of Norman and Annie Emma (Nee Barnes) Baird, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Dorothy Jane (Nee Hillhouse) Baird, of Waterloo, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Oliver Douglas Baird
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Photo of William Baird
Submitted with the permission of Dorothy J Baxter (Baird) by Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Sergeant William Oliver Douglas Baird is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant William Oliver Douglas Baird is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Sgt WOD Baird's final resting place
Sgt Baird's tomb stone at Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Sec. B. Row D. Grave 18. United Kingdom. (Photo courtesy of The Bald Icon) -
Grave marker
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Oliver Douglas Baird
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Oliver Douglas Baird
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Oliver Douglas Baird
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Oliver Douglas Baird
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Oliver Douglas Baird
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Oliver Douglas Baird
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Oliver Douglas Baird
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Oliver Douglas Baird
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Oliver Douglas Baird
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 241 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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