Horace William Alexander Barder papers, 1911-1958

MLMSS 8270

fonds

1911-1958

439880

0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)

Born in Melbourne in 1888, Canon Horace William Alexander Barder took his Bachelor of Arts degree at Sydney University in 1914. He graduated Master of Arts in 1916, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1917.

From 1918-1919 he was chaplain at Holsworthy Military Camp, and from 1919-1921 chaplain at No. 4 A.G.H., Randwick.

He held a number of appointments, including Parish of Kurrajong (1920), St. Cuthbert's, Naremburn (1922), All Saints, Parramatta (1924), Parish of St. Michael, Rose Bay and Vaucluse (1927), Honorary Canon of St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney (1936), Chaplain, 4th Class (1937), St. Mark's Rectory, Darling Point (1938), and the Rural Deanery of East Sydney (1942).

1943-1946 Barder was the chairman of the board of directors of St. Luke's Hospital.

He had two daughters, Helen and Diana, and a son Dr. Kenneth Barder.

Reference:
Compiled from the collection
'Canon Barder Dies At Age Of 61', The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 October 1949, p. 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18136827 Accessed online 20 February 2012

Papers, newspaper clippings, and letters to Canon Barder and his wife, concerning his religious appointments, ordination, parishes, illness, and his death. Includes papers and letters from John Charles Wright (Archbishop of Sydney), Howard West Kilvinton Mowll (Archbishop of Sydney), Gerard Addington D'Arcy-Irvine (Anglican Bishop), and W. G. Nelson (Bishop of Nelson, New Zealand, 1911-1958

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