| Regimental number | 3011 |
| Place of birth | Kilmore, Victoria |
| School | Geelong High School, Victoria |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 20 |
| Height | 5' 5.5" |
| Weight | 146 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, Peter Barr, Railway Station, Kyabram, Victoria |
| Previous military service | Served in the for 6 years in Junior and Senior Cadets, and for 2 years in the Citizen Military Forces. Previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of pneumonia. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
| Place of enlistment | Benalla, Victoria |
| Rank on enlistment | Acting Corporal |
| Unit name | 21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/38/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Joined with the first volunteers; was taken ill in camp and rejected. Re-enlisted in 1915, sailed for Egypt 1915, then to France, June 1916. |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Fromelles, France |
| Date of death | |
| Age at death | 21 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 19), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 169 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Peter (d. February 1920) and Catherine BARR, Nhill Railway Station, Victoria. Native of Kilmore East, Victoria |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Admitted to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 1 January 1916 (morbus cardis). Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916. Reverted to Private, 5 March 1916. Promoted Corporal, Ferry Post, 25 March 1916. Admitted to 15th Field Ambulance, 14 April 1916 (diarrhoea); discharged to duty, 19 April 1916. Reverted to ranks at own request, 31 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in action, 19 July 1916'. Base Records to father, 28 May 1918: 'In view of the fact that this soldier was posted "missing" for nearly twelve months it is probable his body was never recovered, and anything he had with him at the time of his death would have disappeared.' Note on Red Cross File No 250205: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-19.' Statement, 2793 Pte J.G. BLAIR, 60th Bn (patient, No 2 General Hospital, Calais), 13 April 1917: 'He [BARR] was "going over" with the Lewis Gun and had just got over the parapet when he was killed. This was at Fleurbaix at 6.45 in the morning. His body was never brought in.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, BARR George Hamilton
Red Cross File No 250205 |
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