The AIF Project

David BIRD

Regimental number2633
Place of birthHarrow, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPolice constable
AddressInglewood, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinWife, Mrs Agnes Mary Bird, Inglewood, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 July 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name59th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/76/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 2 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 26 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Date of death26 September 1917
Age at death32.4
Place of burialButes New British Cemetery (Plot XII, Row B, Grave No. 6), Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Ann BIRD; husband of Agnes M. BIRD, Inglewood, Victoria. Native of Harrow, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers-in-Law: 2872 Pte Frank SHEPHERD, 5th Bn, killed in action, France; 10673 Sapper AG SHEPHERD, 3rd Divisional Signal Company died of wounds, France.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Print format    


© The AIF Project 2024, UNSW Canberra. Not to be reproduced without permission.