MACFARLANE, Norman
| Service Number: | 2257 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Hamilton, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 8 November 1883 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Breakfast Creek State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, At Sea HMAT Gascon, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 June 1915, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at Sea, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2257, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 25 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2257, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2257, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Bombardier, 2257, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2257 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Bombardier awm_died_date: 1915-06-29 | |
| 5 Nov 1915: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', Supplement No. 29354 (5 November 1915); 'Commonwealth Gazette', No.12 (2) ‘For acts of conspicuous gallantry or valuable service during period 6 May to 28 June 1915’ |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Bombardier Norman Macfarlane MiD (Service No:2257) enlisted in the AIF on 18 August 1914 (Sergeant), and was attached to 3rd Field Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column on 25 September 1914 when he embarked with his Unit from Pinkenba Wharf in Brisbane for Egypt on board HT A22 Rangatira. On 7 May 1915 Bombardier Macfarlane was WiA at the Dardanelles, Gallipoli (GSW to chest and stomach), and Died of Wounds on board HMT Gascon - he was buried at sea (three miles from Gaba Tepe). Bombardier Macfarlane was awarded a Mention in Despatches on 5 November 1915 (London Gazette, Commonwealth Gazette) ' for acts of conspicuous gallantry or valuable service during period 6 May to 28 June 1915' (AWM).
Norman was born in Brisbane QLD in 1893, eighth of thirteen children of John Kerr Macfarlane (b1852 in Dumbartonshire, Scotland) and Christina Smellie Young (b1853 in Lanarkshire, Scotland). John (a Shipwright) and Christina (a Dressmaker) married in 1881 in Lancashire, England. Both arrived in Australia in 1884 - John as a Mariner on board the Mt Lebanon and Christine with two children on board the Duke of Argyll. The family settled in Brisbane, where they raised their family. In 1995 John was Caretaker at the Brisbane Amateur Sailing Club and was known as 'a boat builder, ship's carpenter and general handyman around boats' (Trove; 1895). In the 1890s John was a ferry leaseholder (Bulimba Steam Ferry and Hamilton Apollo Ferry), and a Gas Rates Collector and Insurance Agent - he and Christina also ran Macfarlane's Refreshment Kiosk and Boat Repair Yard by the Brisbane River. From the 1890s John was Boat Builder.
Norman completed a five year apprenticeship with Wilson & Smith Falkner, and was Motor Boat Engineer at Breakfast Creek in Brisbane when he enlisted in the Army.
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