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Sapper William Barry, ne Private Urban Parr

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Given name
W
Family name
Barry
Service number
10531 / 37
Additional information
Gender
M
Rank (legacy)
Sapper
Unit at embarkation
34th Battalion 3rd Division Signal Co.
Service (legacy)
AIF
Conflicts
World War 1
Campaign (legacy)
Belguim
Fate
KIA 12.10.1917
Veteran Notes/Bio

28.03.1915 Enlisted as Urban Parr Liverpool NSW, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Headquarters - 17.06.1915 Posted as deserter, never apprehended - 14.12.1915 Re-enlisted as William Barry, Employed by the Mental Hospital Parramatta as William Barry, Now married and lived Sorrell St Parramatta NSW - 06.01.1916 Re-attested as William Barry - 13.05.1916 Statutory declaration made by attestee at Broadmeadows declaring true name as Urban Parr - 30.10.1916 taken on strength 34th Battalion - 13.05.1917 Assumed true name Unban Parr - 12.10.1917 Reported missing by 34th Battalion KIA, Burried Tyne Cot Cemetary Passchendaele, Belgium

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