Joseph Richmond Barr

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
163240
Unit at enlistment: 
84th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
April 9th, 1917
Cemetery: 
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - Pas de Calais, France - I.B.29
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Norfolk
Birth city: 
Waterford, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
4 Charlotte Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
4 Charlotte Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Labourer
Employer: 
A.L. Vanstone’s Grocery
Religious denominations: 
Presbyterian
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
18

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. Shortly after leaving the “Jumping off” trench during the attack on Vimy Ridge, this soldier was hit by enemy shrapnel and instantly killed.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Vimy Ridge.

BX May 5, 1917

Private Joseph Richmond Barr of this city is reported killed in action on April 9. His mother Mrs. J.A. Barr, who resides at 4 Charlotte Street, and three brothers survive him. He went overseas with a Toronto battalion which wintered here. Private Barr, who was in his 19th year, was born in Waterford, but came to Brantford when very young. When he enlisted he was working with his brother at Pleasant Ridge, but prior to that was employed at A.L. Vanstone’s grocery store. The brothers who surviving him are: Thomas at Pleasant Ridge; Roland at Minneapolis, Minn., and Roy G., of Dog Pond, Alberta.