FARGIE, John Walter
| Service Number: | 11061 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Wellington, New Zealand, 12 June 1883 |
| Home Town: | Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Respiratory Failure, Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 15 July 1944, aged 61 years |
| Cemetery: |
Orange General Cemetery, New South Wales Church Of England, Section Old X Number393 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 11061, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 11061, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , RMS Osterley, Sydney |
John Walter Fargie
John Walter Fargie was born in Wellington New Zealand 12 June 1883 his Father John Fargie & Mother Agnes Rose he had two sisters & a brother he grew up in New Zealand, in his late teens moved to Australia and became a painter he met and married Bertha Beatrice Rose in 1908,
they had two children Clyde Walter Fargie & Allan Russell Fargie both his sons had his grandchildren Allan Walter Fargie & Terrance Clifford Fargie.
In 1928 the family moved from Sydney to Orange New South Wales,John Walter with both his sons started a carrier business Fargie & Sons Carriers John Walter worked with his sons up until his death in 1944.....R.I.P.
Submitted 20 October 2025 by Terrance Fargie