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Pte. Joseph Barr
British Army 1/8th Btn. Cameronians
from:Blantyre, Scotland
(d.11th Dec 1917)
Joseph Barr died from wounds at the Battle of Gaza on 11th of December 1917 shortly before a stop to hostilities in that theatre of the war. The Ottoman Army surrendered in Jerusalem. Joseph is buried in Kantara Memorial Cemetery in Egypt. His name is on the Blantyre, Lanarkshire, War Memorial.