Percy George Archibald BARR

BARR, Percy George Archibald

Service Number: 3006
Enlisted: 14 July 1915
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 54th Infantry Battalion
Born: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, 1897
Home Town: Dulwich Hill, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling: Arnold College, Petersham, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Commercial Traveller
Died: Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery: Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery
To be rededicated on 19 July 2024
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

14 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3006, 2nd Infantry Battalion
8 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3006, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3006, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney
31 May 1916: Promoted Corporal
19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3006, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3006 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Percy George Archibald BARR was born in 1897 in Oxford, England

His parents were Thomas Havelock BARR and Beatrice Maud ARCHER who married in Pancras, London in 1895

Percy arrived in Australia as a young child with his family and later served in the Senior Cadets for 4 years as a Sergeant in the 34th Infantry Battalion and also in the Citizen Military Forces for 1 year before he enlisted in Liverpool, NSW on 14th July, 1915 and embarked with the 2nd Battalion, 10th reinforcements from Sydney on the HMAT Warialda on 8th October, 1915

He died on 19th July, 1916 at Fromelle in France  due to an exploding shell - his burial place was unclear but he is listed by the Commonwealth War Graves as being at Rue du Bois Cemetery in France

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial

Medals:  1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal.

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Corporal Percy George Archibald Barr has been found and identified along with 6 others in 2024. His remains were discovered in 2007 but only recently with the use of DNA and forensic evidence has he been positively identified. 

Corporal Barr will have his headstone rededicated on the anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles on 19 July 2024.

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