Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia
9/05/1916-To 67 Depot as Private
20/06/1916-To 44th Battalion 4th Reinforcements
12/07/1916-To 44th Battalion 3rd Reinforcements
3/12/1916-to 11th Training Battalion Codford England
20/12/1916-Proceeded Overseas 3rd Aust Division Base Depot Etaples France ex Folkestone ex Codford
26/01/1917-Joined 44th Battalion in the field France
24/06/1917-KILLED IN ACTION Messines Belgium
Original Burial Details
Service Record shows that Pte. BARR was buried by his Battalion mates, where he fell – 2400 yards East North East of Messines and 400 yards North of cross roads.
Service Medals Awarded
British War Medal – No. 49806
Victory Medal – No. 49166
Memorial Plaque & Scroll – No. 327088
Memorial Inscriptions
Menin Gate Memorial , Ieper, Belgium
Australian War Memorial, Canberra – Panel No. 137
Dardanup War Memorial, WA
**** Thanks to Les Westerlund for the following Information:-
Parents of George Frederick BARR-
Father- David Andrew BARR ( 1872 – 1933 )
Mother- Helene CRAIGIE ( 1868 – 1956 )
Married 1891 Cowara, N.S.W. #3568.