Maurice Vincent BARRY

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Service Number:	757
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Preston, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Catholic School, Preston, Victoria
Occupation:	Brick carter
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 July 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 17 No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 757, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 757, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
9 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 757, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 757 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-07-09
Date unknown:	Involvement 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
Date unknown:	Involvement 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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14 Battalion

Rank - Private.

Name appearred on German Death List as having died near Warneton

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Michael and Margaret Susan Barry, of 108, Beaver's Rd., Northcote, Victoria