BARBOUR, Frederick George Pitty
| Service Number: | 3273 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 August 1915, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 23 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Toowoomba Grammar School, University of Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Student (won open Scholarship) |
| Died: | Shell burst - SW to head and stomach, Flers, France, 25 February 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers, France Spec mem 22 |
| Memorials: | Brisbane St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Great War Honour Roll (2), Brisbane St. Andrew's Uniting Church Honour Roll, St Lucia Emmanuel College Dining Room Memorial Plaque, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 In Memoriam Honour Board, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), University of Queensland WW1 Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Alumni Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Company Quatermaster Sergeant Frederick George Pitty Barbour
Born 23rd March 1895 in Sydney, he matriculated March 1915.
He came to University of Queensland on an Open scholarship.
While in high school he won an athletic prize for best all round athlete.
He enlisted on 3rd August 1915 in the 9th Battalion and embarked for active service on 30th December 1915.
He was promoted Corporal on 12th September 1916 and Company Quartermaster Sergeant on 16th October 1916.
Died of wounds, the 25th February 1917,in Flers, France
Age : 21
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
He came to University of Queensland on an Open scholarship. While in high school he won an athletic prize for best all round athlete.
The news of the death in action of Co. Q.M.S. Fred Barbour, reached his parents, Mrs. and Mrs. G.P. Barbour, of the Grammar School on Saturday. The cable said "Killed in action February 25", just three weeks ago.
Co. Q.M.S. Fred Barbour was 21 years of age, and a student of the Brisbane University, where he held a scholarship. He left Brisbane as a sergeant, of reinforcements in December 1915. In Egypt he entered General J.C. Robertson's Brigade as a private, and began fighting in Frnace in April last. He has been almost continuously in the firing line since, and took part in the capture of Pozieres and Martinpuich. He was head of the Grammar School in work in 1914, and secured also the 'Robinson ' prize for the best all-round athlete, having represented the school in cricket, football, tennis and running. His elder borther Capt. Eric Barbour, is still on Salisbury Plain, England
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