Lost at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
Son of William and Isabella Barrie. Commemoration stone in Cathcart Cemetery, Renfrewshire. His brother Thomas Baird Barrie also died in service in WW1