| Date of enlistment | 13th July 1915 |
| Rank at enlistment | Private |
| Company | |
| Significant events while with the AIF | Wounded in Action |
Summary of Private Barr’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455
| Date | Location | Event |
| 15th July 1919 | Australia | Discharged |
| 22nd May 1919 | Australia | Disembarked Trazos Montes at Melbourne |
| 8th April 1919 | England | Return to Australia on Trazos Montes |
| 30th January 1919 | England | Disembarked Weymouth and marched in to No.3 Command Depot Hurdcott |
| 29th January 1919 | France | Marched out to England |
| 27th November 1918 | France | Re-joined Battalion |
| 22nd November 1918 | France | Marched in to AIBD |
| 21st November 1918 | England | Proceeded overseas to France via Southampton |
| 26th October 1918 | England | Marched out to Overseas Training Brigade Longbridge Deverill |
| 4th September 1918 | England | Absent without leave. Forfeiture of 2 days pay |
| 30th July 1918 | England | Marched in to No.1 Command Depot Sutton Veny |
| 22nd July 1918 | England | Discharged from hospital to furlough |
| 19th July 1918 | England | Transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital Dartford |
| 19th May 1918 | England | Admitted to Duston War Hospital, Northampton |
| 18th May 1918 | France | Invalided to England on HS St. David from Rouen |
| 15th May 1918 | France | Admitted to L of C (9USA) Hospital Rouen |
| 14th May 1918 | France | Wounded in Action – gunshot wound right buttock, and admitted to 20th CCS |
| 23rd May 1917 | France | Overstaying leave pass in Amiens. Award 72 hours FP#2 and forfeiture of 3 days pay |
| 26th March 1916 | France | Disembarked Marseille |
| 19th March 1916 | Egypt | Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle |
| 8th January 1916 | Egypt | Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir |
| 25th October 1915 | Egypt | Disembarked Alexandria |
| 29th September 1915 | Australia | Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley |
| 16th September 1915 | Australia | Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion |
| 21st August 1915 | Australia | To Reserve Company |
| 22nd July 1915 | Australia | Marched into Broadmeadows depot |

FIRST WORLD WAR TIMELINE