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Victor Thomas BARR

Regimental number658
Place of birthCharters Towers, Queensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationDraper
AddressMary Street, Charters Towers, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, W S Barr, Mary Street, Charters Towers, Queensland
Enlistment date6 September 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Machine Gun Company, 11th Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 25 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialSt Sever Cemetery Extension (Plot Q, Row III, Grave I 12), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Spier and Emily Ellen BARR, Stanley Street, East Brisbane, Queensland. Native of Charters Towers, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death24 August 1918

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