Award Bookplate Barry Swain, 1939.
Barry's education in Sydney at Barker College was interrupted by his father's posting to the Ford plant in Geelong in 1938 and it was in Geelong that Barry was enrolled as a day student at Geelong College on 15 September 1938 where he continued as a boarder until May 1940 At the time of his enrolment, the family were living at 58 Shannon St, Geelong. In 1939, he was awarded Dux of Form III at Geelong College at a ceremony attended by the Prime Minister of Australia, Robert Gordon Menzies, then leader of the United Australia Party.