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David BAIRD

Regimental number660
Place of birthInvercargill, New Zealand
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPainter
Address58 Newcastle Street, Yarraville, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height6' 0.5"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinMrs F Baird, 34 Jackson Street, Invercargill, New Zealand
Previous military serviceSouthland Mouted Rifles, New Zealand
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentFootscray, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death31
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 28), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
49
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join Mediterranean Expeditionay Force, 5 April 1915; transferred from 'C' to 'A' Company, 7th Bn, 5 April 1915.

Missing, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915; Board of enquiry, 15 June 1915 declared him as wounded; classified as wounded and missing, 18 January 1916; Court of Inquiry held in the field, France, 5 June 1916 declared that he was killed in action, 25 April 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BAIRD David

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