MCFARLANE, John Charles
| Service Number: | 2347 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Allocated to 5th reinforcement’s for 22nd infantry Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Port Melbourne State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Slaughterman |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2347, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Allocated to 5th reinforcement’s for 22nd infantry Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2347, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne | |
| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2347, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 1 Nov 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital - WW1, Admitted initially 1st November 1915 to 1st Auxiliary Hospital Luna Park Hetropolis Egypt Dysentery then posted to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital Light Duties Cairo then Re admitted 2nd Auxiliary Base Hospital Dysentery 15th January 1916 | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, AIF Headquarters (Egypt), To 2nd Australian Division Base Details Tel El Kebir for reinforcement’s 22nd Infantry Bn France | |
| 12 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Transferred to UK | |
| 26 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Training Battalion, To 6th Brigade Training Bn England UK for duty ex Egypt | |
| 12 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of 22nd Battalion in the field France | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2347, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Menin Road | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2347, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 14 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Promoted in the field France | |
| 20 Nov 1917: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Third Ypres | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2347, 22nd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918 | |
| 11 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Detention Barracks, No3 Military Prison France 1 year penal servitude with Hard Labourer. To Lewes Prison UK on 24 February 1919 | |
| 23 Jul 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, AIF Depot, Illegal Absentee from AIF Depot UK | |
| 21 Jul 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2347, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged in the UK from AIF Headquarters London. back dated to 23 July 1919 | |
| 4 Dec 1920: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2347, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Return to Australia on HT Bahia Castle. Disembarked Melbourne 21 February 1921 with Wife. | |
| 23 Feb 1926: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Third Ypres, DCM reinstated on review from Military Secretary DoD post forfeiture in 1918 (due to time spent in Military Prison). |
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Distinguished Conduct Medal
'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as a runner, carrying despatches through heavy barrages. When the position of one of the new forward posts was obscure, he succeeded, under heavy fire, in locating it. It would otherwise have been cut off.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 95
Date: 27 June 1918
"HERALD" BOY GAINS HONOR
Mr and Mrs John McFarlane, 370 Graham street, Port Melbourne,
have received word that thelr eldest son, No. 2317, Lance-Corporal John C. McFarlane, 22nd Victorian Battalion, has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry under heavy fire. Lance-
Corporal McFariane enlisted in July, 1915, at the age of 18 years, and sailed six weeks later. On arrival in England he was Immediately
sent to France. At the age of 14 he was employed as a messenger
boy in "The Herald" Office.
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