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VC1359 Cameron Stewart Baird
Name Cameron Stewart Baird No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1359 Awards VC MG
Regiment 2nd Commando Regiment, Special Operations Task Force
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Corporal
Rank End Of Career Corporal
Place Of Birth North West Regional Hospital, Brickport Road, Burnie, Tasmania
Place Of Death Ghawchak village, Khod Valley, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan
Buried/Location Ashes Reedy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, 10 Gemvale Road, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 5th July 2013
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Baird Family Garden
Gazetted 13th February 2014
VC Presented 18th February 2014 to his parents Doug and Kaye Baird by The Hon. Quentin Bryce, AC CVO at Government House, Canberra, ACT, Australia
BORN 7 June 1981
DIED 22 June 2013 AGE 32
VC Won 22 June 2013 AGE 32
Place VC Won Ghawchak, Uruzgan Province
War/Campaign Operation SLIPPER, Afghanistan
Memorials
Headstone at Reedy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, 10 Gemvale Road, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Australian War Memorial, Roll of Honour, ACT, Canberra, Australia (Panel 1)
Plaque at Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium, Garden of Remembrance, Auburn, New South Wales, Australia (Wall: 46 Row: Panel: D)
Grey granite block at Burnie Park, Bass Highway & West Park Grove, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
Life-size statue at Currumbin Returned Services Club, Queensland, Australia
P The Corporal Cameron Baird VC MG Pavilion, Jack Ginifer Reserve, Hume, Victoria, Australia
Memorial plaque at Doreen RSL Cenotaph, Doreen, Victoria, Australia
Camp Baird, Joint Task Force 633 HQ, United Arab Emirates
By The Way…
In 2014 a registered charity was formed “Cams Cause” with the aim of upholding Cameron’s legacy in raising awareness and much needed funds for soldiers’ welfare, and especially the Commando Welfare Trust. www.camscause.org
The Corporal Cameron Baird VC scholarship was set up in 2016 and is awarded to a year 12 student who is attending a government school in the Northern Region of Tasmania, of good character and intending to study at the Australian Defence Force Academy the following year.
VC Held By
Australian War Memorial, Hall of Valour, Canberra, ACT, Australia (on loan from family)
