FARRANT, James Lascelles
| Service Number: | 6320 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, December 1891 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Timber clerk |
| Died: | Illness, Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 22 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire Grave. 226, Durrington Cemetery, Durrington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Tree Plaque: |
Kalamunda Stirk Park Memorial Walk
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| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalamunda District Roll of Honour, Kalamunda St. Barnabas Church Honour Roll, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6320, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 6320, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 6320, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Flint
Son of John and Emily Kadina Farrant, of 158, St. George Terrace, Perth, Western Australia.
IN LOVING MEMORY
Ran away from home aged 13.
Labourer (timber clerk).
He had previously been rejected from the Navy due to defective teeth on 25/9/16.
Enquiry found that after he was admitted to hospital suffering from pneumonia he cut his throat with a razor. He died of haemorrhage from self-inflicted wound to throat.
His family were pioneers to the Gooseberry Hill area. Their first home was a mud and stone cottage, in John Farrant Drive, Gooseberry Hill.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 22nd March........Private James Lascelles Farrant was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1891. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 13th October, 1916 as a 25 year old Timber Clerk from Perth.
Private Farrant was admitted to Ship's Hospital for 3 days for observation for suspected Measles on the journey to England. He arrived in England & was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire on 8th March, 1917 with Influenza. Private Farrant was reported seriously ill with Pneumonia on 16th March, 1917.
Private James Lascelles Farrant died at 3.40 p.m. on 22nd March, 1917 from haemorrhage of self inflicted wound to his throat while temporarily insane.
An Inquest was held ....(courtesy of Salisbury Inquests)
"Mr Trethowan held another inquest at Fargo Hospital on Friday afternoon, concerning the death of an Australian soldier named James Lascelles Farrant, aged 25, who came from Perth, West Australia, and was stationed at Rollestone Camp.
Private R. W. Annear, A.I.F., stationed at Rollestone Camp, said Farrant was his cousin, and he believed he had some home trouble, but when he last spoke to him he did not appear to be worried.
Lieutenant-Colonel Le Quesne, RAMC, officer in charge of Fargo Hospital, said Farrant was admitted to the Hospital on March 8th, suffering from bronchial-pneumonia. On Thursday afternoon he was informed that Lascelles had injured his throat, and on going to the bedside found his throat cut. There was a razor on the bed. There had been no signs of delirium or insanity, and accordingly the man was allowed the use of the razor. Despite efforts to stop the bleeding, the man died from haemorrhage in about a quarter of an hour.
Lieutenant G. H. Hanna, RAMC, said the man had been under his charge while at the Hospital. He considered that his illness caused him to be temporarily insane at the time he inflicted the wound to his throat.
The jury returned a verdict of suicide during temporary insanity."
Private James Lascelles Farrant was buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire where 140 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
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