Richard BARLOW MID

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BARLOW, Richard

Service Number:	3743
Enlisted:	2 September 1915, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	7th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Dundee, Scotland, 1881
Home Town:	Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Rosebank School, Dundee, Scotland
Occupation:	Mason/Bricklayer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 November 1916
Cemetery:	Warlencourt British Cemetery Grave no: II.H.1., Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

2 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3743, Sydney, New South Wales
30 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 3743, 7th Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
30 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 3743, 7th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 3743, 7th Field Company Engineers, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17
Date unknown:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, 21 DECEMBER 1916

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Date of enlistment: 02.09.1915
Place of enlistment: Sydney, NSW
Australian Engineers-7th Field Company

He was the son of John Barlow and Helen Lawson Barlow of Cupar, Fife, Scotland.
Sibling: Mrs A McLean, Bondfield Cottage, Cupar, Fife

Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour.

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