Roy Henry FARRELL

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FARRELL, Roy Henry

Service Number:	1256
Enlisted:	17 May 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 10 August 1894
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 20 August 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Plot B, Row 30, Grave No. 27.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bruny Roll of Honour, LunawannaHB1

World War 1 Service

17 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1256, 26th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1256, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1256, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Roy Henry Farrell was working as an orchardist on the family farm at Lunawanna on Bruny Island, Tasmania, when he enlisted.

Roy served for three months without incident on Gallipoli from September 1915. He was mortally wounded in the back during the very heavy fighting at Pozieres on 5 August 1916. His 22nd birthday was on 10 August and he died of his wounds ten days later in a General Hospital in Rouen, France.

The local newspaper reported his death, and “His sterling qualities had endeared him to all whose privilege it was to have known him.”

His older brother, 7989 Pte. Raymond Thomas Farrell, enlisted some 14 months later in the 12th Battalion and was subsequently killed in action on 18 September 1918, aged 32.

They were the sons of Clement and Emily Augusta Farrell, of Lunawanna, South Briery, Tasmania, though their mother gave Hobart as their place of association.

On 14 September 1916, his mother, Emily Farrell, wrote to Base Records “to apply for information concerning a soldier’s death, I beg you will send me word, how my son was killed, where and the date, if conscious when found, how long he lived after being shot, what were his last words, if he left any message for me, his worrying mother…”

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