BARR, James William Bozier
| Service Number: | 3115 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1916, 8th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Coomera, Queensland, Australia , 23 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Coomera State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Motor Man |
| Died: | Bronchial Pneumonia, Belgium, 12 February 1919, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Charleroi Communal Cemetery Row B, Grave No. 6 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane City Hall Honour Roll, Upper Coomera Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3115, 49th Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3115, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3115, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 23 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3115, 2nd/1st Machine Gun Battalion, Gassed | |
| 12 Feb 1919: | Involvement Private, 3115, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3115 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1919-02-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
James was the youngest of nine children of James Frank Barr (born 1842 in Sydney, NSW) and Mary Jane Bozier (born 1855 in Coomera, QLD). James Snr and Mary married in Mudgeereba, QLD in 1874 and raised their family in Coomera, QLD where James Snr was a Farmer.
James started work as a Motor Driver in Coomera, QLD and had moved to Brisbane by 1916 when he enlisted in the AIF in September 1916. He served initially with 49 Battalion 8th Reinforcements and then with the 2nd Machine Gun Battalion as a Private (Service No: 3115). James was Gassed in France in 1918, and died of Bronchial Pneumonia in Belgium in December 1919