 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo chetezitendi muna October 1899. Baird akashanda muHondo yechipiri yeBoer, achisvika muSouth Africa semukuru mukuru wezvikwata. Akanga aripo paRelife of Kimberley muna February 1900, achangobva kutora chikamu muhondo paPaardeberg nePoplar Gove, uye zviito zvakatevera pakarepo paDriefontein. Kubva muna July kusvika muna November 1900, akaona basa muOrange River Colony, kusanganisira kurwisana kuBothaville uye pedyo neRwizi Caledon. Akakwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo chekaputeni munaKurume 1901, panguva iyo Baird akaendeswa kuHurumende yekune dzimwe nyika kutanga muna Kubvumbi. Mabasa ake munguva yehondo akamuona achitaurwa mumashoko, uyewo kupiwa Mubayiro waMambokadzi. Akaitwa Shamwari yeDistinguished Service Order muna September 1901. 