John Arthur Barry [SEP] date of death
John Arthur Barry
John Arthur Barry (1850 – 23 September 1911) was a journalist and author.
Barry was born in Torquay, Devonshire, England, in 1850. His parents died when he was young, and he went to sea at 13 after persuading his guardian and was in the merchant service for 12 years.
Leaving with a first mate's certificate, Barry came to Australia in the 1870s, and after working in Queensland at the gold diggings, spent some years as a drover, boundary rider and
, Wales international rugby player, 73
- 22 October - Sir John Purser Griffith, civil engineer, 90
- 4 November - John Thomas Job, minister, hymn-writer and poet, 71
- 28 November - Reginald Arthur (Reggie) Gibbs, shipowner and rugby footballer, 56
- 29 December - Eluned Morgan, writer, 68
- "date unknown" - Gwynfil Evans (Barry Western), novelist
See also.
- 1938 in Northern Ireland