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Lance Corporal George BAIRD 2274
Born: Darvel, Ayshire, Scotland
Enlisted: 10-4-1916, Manilla, New South Wales
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Tailor
33rd Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 17-10-1916
Died of Wounds 24-4-1918, France
Son of Janet Baird, 14 Temple Street, Darvel, Scotland
Resting: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 121
Born: Darvel, Ayshire, Scotland
Enlisted: 10-4-1916, Manilla, New South Wales
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Tailor
33rd Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 17-10-1916
Died of Wounds 24-4-1918, France
Son of Janet Baird, 14 Temple Street, Darvel, Scotland
Resting: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 121
2nd Lieutenant Samuel McPherson DYKES 41
Born: Galston, New Milnes, Ayr, Scotland Enlisted: 21-8-1914, Randwick, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Carpenter 56th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 19-10-1914 Killed in Action 1-11-1916, France aged 26years Son of Alexander and Margaret Inine McPherson Dykes Resting: Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 162 |
Private John Hay WISHART 1004
Born: Barong, Glasgow, Scotland Enlisted: 20-7-1915, Liverpool, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Dispenser 30th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 9-11-1915 Killed in Action 20-7-1916, France aged 38years Son of John Hay Wishart and Helen McNab Wishart, of Barony Cottage, Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland Resting: VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 118 |
Private John WOODBURN 2009
Born: 2-9-1889, Darvel, Ayshire, Scotland Enlisted: 19-1-1915, MacKay, Queensland Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer 47th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 16-4-1915 Killed in Action 9-8-1917, Belgium aged 28years Son of James & Eliza Woodburn, of 18, Burnbank St., Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland. Resting: Derry House Cemetery No 2, Messines, Flanders, Belgium Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 144 |