BARRIE, Arthur
| Service Number: | 3997 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Jesmond Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 18 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 4, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lambton Fallen Soldiers HR |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3997, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3997, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3997, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The son of Thomas and Emma Barrie of Newcastle NSW, Private Arthur Barrie received shrapnel wounds to the head when a hidden, delayed action German mine detonated in the Quartermasters store at Velu in France. Nowadays known as an IED, the Germans had planted many such devices, during their retreat to the Hindeberg line, hidden in places likely to be occupied by soldiers. The explosion killed nine men of the 4th Battalion including the Quartermaster and the CQMS. Barrie was evacuated to the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station where, on 18 April 1917, he succumbed to his wounds and was buried in the Grevillers British Cemetery, France. He had just written a letter home to his mother remarking how fortunate he had been in not even getting a scratch during several battles.
His brother 3125 Lance Corporal William Picken Barrie was killed in action on 1 September 1918
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