Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An ba shi mukamin Laftanar a watan Oktoba 1899. Baird ya yi aiki a Yaƙin Boer na biyu, ya isa Afirka ta Kudu a matsayin jami'in kula da sigina. Ya kasance a wurin Taimako na Kimberley a watan Fabrairun 1900, jim kadan bayan ya shiga cikin yakin Paardeberg
da Poplar Gove, da kuma ayyukan da suka biyo baya a Driefontein. Daga Yuli zuwa Nuwamba 1900, ya ga aiki a Orange River Colony, ciki har da alkawurra a Bothaville da kuma tare da Kogin Caledon. An daukaka shi zuwa matsayin kyaftin a watan Maris na 1901, a lokacin da aka tura Baird zuwa Ofishin Harkokin Waje wanda ya fara a watan Afrilu. Ayyukansa a lokacin yakin sun gan shi an ambaci shi a cikin sakonni, tare da samun lambar yabo ta Sarauniya. An sanya shi Abokin Abokin Abokin Abokin Aboki a watan Satumba na 1901.