Herbert Joseph BAIRD

Regimental number7/1440
Date of birth21 December 1894
Place of birthAshley, Canterbury
Address76 Percival Street, Rangiora, Canterbury
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Baird, 76 Percival Street, Rangiora, Canterbury
Enlistment date1 July 1915
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tofua on 14 August 1915
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 1 November 1916
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialSt Nicholas' Churchyard (Plot A, Row 2, Grave No 9), Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England,
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Annie Baird, 76 Percival Street, Rangiora, Canterbury, and the late Joseph Baird
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Sixth