In 1915 the Newfoundland regiment was shipped to Egypt for acclimatization and then mobilized for the Gallipoli campaign. During the drawn out campaign and battles around Sulva Bay, Lind was hospitalized for jaundice, frostbite, and later influenza. In the spring of 1916 the Newfoundlanders were deployed to the front lines in France, taking up positions near Beaumont-Hamel. Lind continued to write until June 26, stopping before the start of the 1916 Battle of the Somme on July 1. On the first day of the offensive, the Newfoundland Regiment assaulted the German positions, losing several hundred men before being forced back. While advancing across a field near a landmark (a tree known as the "Danger Tree"), Lind was killed in action. His remains were not identified until after the battle, with Lind eventually being interred in the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial. Lind's death was reported on in local Newfoundland newspapers.