Regimental number | 3060 |
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Boilermaker |
Address | Locomotive Sheds, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Father, John Barr sen, Thompson Road, North Fremantle, Western Australia |
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Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 28th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/45/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 28th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Participated in the first daylight raid carried out by Australian troops against the German trench lines at Armentieres, 9 June 1916. Seriously wounded by a shell at Flers, France, 5 November 1916 (which killed his comrade, 1920 Pte Thomas Herman DEDMAN, 28th Bn). |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in Western Australia Garden of Remembrance |
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