BARR, Alfred Irwin
| Service Number: | 1372 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 April 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, 1 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cleveland Street, School, Sydney |
| Occupation: | Stablehand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, Malta, 22 August 1915, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1372, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1372, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1372, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 22 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1372, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Fair haired and blue eyed, Alfred Irwin Barr was born in Waterloo, Sydney. He was the 4th of 8 children. Alfred's father was a tall dark haired outgoing Irishman Alfred Moses Barr and his mother was Janet Forbes, a native of Newcastle, NSW. Alfred and his 5 living siblings attended Cleveland Street school, which was right in the centre of the bubonic plague of 1900. After Alfred finished school, he worked as a stable hand and as a sorter in a Tabacco factory.
On the 20th April 1915 Alfred travelled to Liverpool and enlisted in the 18th Batallion, part of the 5th brigade. His service number was 1372. Alfred and his fellow soldiers left Australia on the 25th June 1915 on the SS Ceramic heading for training in Egypt. He then left Egypt for the front on 15th August.
Alfred wasn't to fight for long.
TRANSCRIPTION OF DEATH REPORT FROM AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
Australian List.
A.I.F. 18th Bn.
Barr Pte. Alfred Irwin Barr
Witness said Barr got through the first part of the time, he was at Lone Pine all right. On 22nd Aug they were operating over on the left near the New Zealanders when Barr was shot. Witness saw him fall. He did not get up again and witness concluded he was dead. Barr was a tall thin man. Witness knew nothing further about him. SA
Reference: Pte V. Ross 1243 D.Co.18th Bn. 26 Gen. Hosp. Etaples 26th May 1916.
Alfred Irwin Barr, has a memorial to him on his fathers grave at Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney NSW. His name is on panel 60 at Long Pine Gallipoli and Alfred Irwin Barr's name is located at panel 84 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Alfred Irwin Barr received the: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Sadly Alfred had no children, however we are very proud to have him in our family and we will never forget him.
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