13th Field Artillery Brigade
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Charles William Barr (SN 6257) born at Ballarat, was a 20 year old grocer when he enlisted in Melbourne on April 30th 1915. On November 18th he embarked aboard the Wiltshire to serve with the 13th Field Artillery Brigade. Predominantly as a driver, he served in Egypt and on the Western Front. He avoided combat wounds, but his service was interrupted on several occasions by discipline charges and illnesses including influenza and bronchial pneumonia. At war’s end he returned to Australia aboard the Dongola, disembarked on May 16th 1919 and was discharged medically unfit on August 24th.
His brother Alexander was killed in action on March 22nd 1918 and is also honoured with a tree in the Avenue.
