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FARRELL, Edward Nicholas

Service Number:	467
Enlisted:	26 August 1914, 3 years NSW Rifles, Boer War veteran
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Picton, New South Wales, Australia, 26 December 1879
Home Town:	Wilton, Wollondilly, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 12 December 1966, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Roman Catholic 4A
Memorials:	Picton and District Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 467, 1st Light Horse Regiment, 3 years NSW Rifles, Boer War veteran
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 467, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 467, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
23 May 1918:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 76 (23 May 1918).
24 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 467, 1st Light Horse Regiment, 2nd MD
23 May 1919:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 (23 May 1919).

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