O'FARRELL, James Patrick
| Service Number: | 111 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1888 |
| Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 31 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 11, Row A, Grave 3 Headstone inscription reads: Jesus have mercy on him, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 111, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 111, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 111, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 17 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
| 31 Aug 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 111, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 111 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Patrick and Mary O'Farrell of 48 Calder Road, Redfern, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by John Oakes
James Patrick O'FARRELL (Service Number 111) was born on 25th March 1888 at Church Hill, Sydney. He worked for the NSW Tramways as a labourer in the Permanent Way Maintenance Branch in a temporary capacity from 5th November 1909. His position became permanent on 23rd March 1912.
He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 17th August 1914. He enlisted at Randwick that same day, and being unmarried and with his father dead, he nominated his mother living at Calder Street Redfern as his next of kin.
He was allotted to the 4th Australian Infantry Battalion. O’Farrell embarked HMAT ‘Euripides’ at Sydney on 20th October 1914.
He embarked at Alexandria in early April for the Gallipoli Landing on 25th of that month.
On 15th August he was charged with drunkenness and received seven days Field Punishment No. 2, as well as forfeiting the next two issues of rum.
On 17th August he was promoted to Lance Corporal.
O’Farrell was killed in action on 31st August 1915.
He was buried in Browns Dip North Cemetery, 500 yards S of Anzac Cove, the same day, by Rev A McAuliffe. After the war in the rationalisation of cemeteries and isolated graves, his remains were exhumed and re-interred in the Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, 1⅜ miles SE of Anzac Cove.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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