FARRELL, John
| Service Number: | 3308 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 June 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia, October 1888 |
| Home Town: | Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
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World War 1 Service
| 17 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3308, 10th Infantry Battalion, at Keswick | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3308, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3308, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3308, 50th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, SW right eye | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement 3308, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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John Farrell was born in approximately October 1888 in Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia. He was a single labourer, whose next of kin was his mother, Katherine Farrell (also his only family member mentioned in his enlistment forms). He was a roman catholic who had no criminal record, and had not done any previous military service.
John enlisted for the army on the 17th of June, 1915, at Keswick, SA, when he was 26 years and 8 months of age. He most likely went through a series of training for a few months after that, before embarking for the war from Adelaide on the 27th of October 1915, on board the HMAT A24 Benalla.
He was given the service number 3308, and was ranked as a private, and from the start of the war, he was in the 10th infantry battalion. He had no promotions or demotions, and earned no special awards or medals for his service. On the 26th of February, 1916, he was taken on strength and transferred to the 50th battalion.
He was wounded in action, in the right eye, on the 16th of August, 1916 at Mouquet Farm. He returned to his unit relatively quickly, but in October was hospitalised again and was diagnosed with Chronic Synovitis in his left knee on the 20th of November 1916 and was sent to England. He remained in England throughout 1917 and the first half of 1918 in various training units. On 24 August 1918 he embarked to return to Australia for medical discharge. He was dischargec from the AIF in Adelaide on 28 October 1918.
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