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James William Bozier BARR

Regimental number3115
Place of birthCoomera Queensland
SchoolCoomera State School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMotor man
AddressWest End, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Jane Barr, Upper Coomera, SC Line, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date25 September 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name49th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/66/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of disease 12 February 1919
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialCharleroi Communal Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 6), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
169
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Frank and Mary Jane Barr. Born at Coomera, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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