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Famous Australian politician. Wikipedia entry is reasonably accurate: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Reid See also here: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2349130513/

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According to the New York Times article of Thursday September 19, 1912, Sir George Reid arrived in New York the previous day. (ref. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C06E5D6123CE633A... According to ellis Island records he also arrived on Caronia from Liverpool on May 04, 1913. He is also known to have visited the USA in November 1917 for a speaking tour, during which he contracted pneumonia and had to cancel much of the engagements. (ref. about 1917 speaking tour: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9901E4DB163AE532A... ) According to Ellis Island records he arrived on New York, from Liverpool on October 22, 1917. Lady Reid was later to become Dame Flora Reid in her own right: "During the First World War his wife Flora Reid worked to provide services to the Australian troops. For this she was made a Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire in 1917 and was among the first to receive the award." (ref. www.nma.gov.au/education/school_resources/websites_and_in... and www.naa.gov.au/naaresources/publications/research_guides/... and the New York Times article mentioning her honor here: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D06E4DD123FE433A... )

See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3238477345/ Could be at same event.

Other Bain/LOC photos of Sir George Reid:

Sir George Houstoun Reid, GCB, GCMG, KC (25 February 1845 – 12 September 1918) the Premier of New South Wales and fourth Prime Minister of Australia. He was married to Flora Ann Brumby. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reid_(Australian_politician)

See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2851188434/ Could be at same event.

A possibility for this John Barrett is the diplomat who was a director general of the Panamerican Union. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barrett_(diplomat)

Yes, it is the diplomat John Barrett. The Library of Congress has other photos of him. hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pan.6a25060 hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b30493 hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.07062

"In the winter of 1917-18 [Reid] made a semi-official speaking tour of the United States of America for the war effort, but became ill at St Louis in February and again in April after returning to London. In July he took part in a debate on Irish affairs, moving an important amendment to defuse a motion condemning the government's policy. He died on 13 September 1918 of cerebral thrombosis, survived by his wife, who the previous year had been appointed G.B.E. for work on behalf of convalescent servicemen, and their two sons and daughter." -- Australian Dictionary of Biography Online