Leslie Harold Barry
(Confirmed)
Born: 27 May, 1896
Died: 26 July, 1961
Biographical Summary:
Wounded and taken prisoner of war at Bapaume on 4 November 1916. He made two unsuccessful escape attempts but, after feigning epilepsy, he was repatriated from his last German prison camp by way of Holland and arrived in England on 23 February 1918. He was awarded the Military Medal "in recognition of gallant conduct and determination displayed in escaping, or attempting to escape from captivity". [JSB]
Service Number: 2378
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Relationships:
- father - Ernest Barry
- mother - Martha Littlejohn
- wife - Elizabeth Rosalind Edmonds
- brother - Albert Stanley Barry
Organisations:
Main Sources:
- Barry Leslie Harold SERN 2378 POB Dubbo NSW POE Sydney NSW NOK F Barry Ernest (Webpage)
- Red Cross Wounded and Missing Leslie Harold Barry (Webpage)
- Honours and Awards Leslie Harold Barry (Webpage)
- First World War Embarkation Rolls Leslie Harold Barry (Webpage)
- Studio portrait of two Australian exPrisoners of War POW taken in London Identified on left is 2378 Driver sic Leslie Harold Harry Barry 1st Field Company Engineers from Sydney NSW (Webpage)
- Leslie Harold Barry (Photograph)
- Leslie Harold Barry ‘Memoirs of my experiences in Germany’ November 1916January 1918 State Library of NSW (Webpage)
- CASUALTIES ANOTHER DOUBLE LIST NEW SOUTH WALES MISSING (Newspaper Article)
- MISSING SAPPER LESLIE BARRY (Newspaper Article)
- 386TH CASUALTY LIST NEW SOUTH WALES IN ENGLAND (Website)
- PRISONERS OF WAR REMARKABLE ESCAPE SYDNEY YOUTH SIMULATES SICKNESS (Newspaper Article)
- Shoeless Germany (Newspaper Article)
- Private Leslie Barry (Website)
- Marriage Notice (Newspaper Article)
Commemorations:
- BARRY L. H. on the South Face of the
- Barry on the Mosman Public School Roll of Honour
- L.H. on the Mosman Methodist Church roll of honour 19141919