Soldier profiles
Name : BAIRD, HURTLE WALLACE
Service Number : NX89358
Date of Birth : 03/11/1910
Place of Birth : DUBBO, NSW
Known as : WALLY
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 19/02/1942
Locality on Enlistment : DUBBO, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : BAIRD, THOMAS
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 13 PLATOON C COMPANY (DAEO, MOROTAI)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : BORNEO
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 04/01/1946
Date Died : 16/03/1987
Age at Death : 76
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : COLLARENEBRI CEMETERY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. PLOT 8A.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4608875 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_090594.jpg, N.S.W. 2/1 and 2/2 Pioneer News 01/04/1960 p1
Background : Husband of Barbara Mary (nee Tamworth) (died 14/04/1995) marriage registration number 6308/1943.
