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Leslie Godfrey BARR

Regimental number10211
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolState School, Buln Buln, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
AddressNormanby Road, Malvern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, James Barr, 'Wisteria', Normanby Road, Malvern, Victoria
Previous military service2nd Field Company Army Engineers; Served 2 years with the Royal Engineers, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date21 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name10th Field Company Engineers
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Field Company Engineers
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery, (Plot XXIII, Row B, Grave No. 5), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
23
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Lucy Hetherington BARR, "Wisteria", Corner of Normanby and Mayfield Grove, Malvern, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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