Walter Snelling BAIRD

Regimental number56530
OccupationCarpenter
Next of kinWife, Mrs Olive Dalton Baird, Railway Road, Pukekohe
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington
E Company, 29th Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board two ships: 'Mokoia' (13 August 1917) and SS 'Ruahine' (15 August 1917). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual in E Company embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 26 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsGrevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late William and Ann Matilda Hooper Baird; Wife: Olive Daiton Clarke (formerly Baird), 24 Seymour Street, Ponsonby, Auckland
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 16