John Herbert FARRELL DCM, MM+Bar

FARRELL, John Herbert

Service Number: 2612
Enlisted: 17 June 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
Born: Panmure, Victoria, April 1889
Home Town: Garvoc, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Butcher
Died: Natural Causes, Caulfield, Victoria, 28 September 1938
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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"...2612 Corporal John Herbert Farrell, 6th Battalion, formerly a butcher of Garvoc, Vic. Awarded the Military Medal, 4-5 October 1917; Distinguished Conduct Medal, 9 August 1918; bar to Military Medal, 9-10 July 1918. Cpl Farrell died 28 September 1938." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

"A.I.F. REUNIONS  Comrade's Death

Show Eve always has provided an opportunity for former war comrades to assemble in a spirit of happy camaraderie. Last night nearly a score of units held reunions in the city. The 6th Battalion publication prints annually an exploit of one of its members. This year Sergeant J. H. Farrell was chosen. For his capture of a German machine-gun post and the men with it he was awarded a bar to his Military Medal, and before he was wounded he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry. After a long struggle in hospital he returned to Australia. "A strafe never seemed so bad when you shared a dugout with him." So his battalion honoured a stricken comrade. Yesterday Sergeant Farrell died at the Caulfield Military Hospital." - from the Melbourne Argus 29 Sep 1938 (nla.gov.au)

 

 

 

 

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