Stephen Roy Douglas FARR

FARR, Stephen Roy Douglas

Service Number: 2865
Enlisted: 4 June 1915, at Keswick
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Portland, South Australia, Australia, February 1891
Home Town: Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Memorials: Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1
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World War 1 Service

4 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2865, 10th Infantry Battalion, at Keswick
21 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 2865, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
21 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 2865, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Saint Ignatius' College

Stephen Roy Douglas Farr was one of the many men that contributed in a role as a soldier in World War 1. Farr was born in apprxoimately February 1891 in Portland, South Australia. He was 24 years and 3 months old with a height of 5.675 inches and blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin. He weighed 140 lbs and had a chest size of 33-35 inches. Mary Ellen Farr was his wife, and his time of enlistment they had no children. Before the war, Farr worked as labourer. Using these skills in the war was one of the reason he was able to stay alive throughout the whole-time period. 
 
Stephen Roy Douglas Farr had two brothers and all three of them went to war. After enlisting he trained at Keswick. The training was described as hard on the body and some said it was a shock to their system to be under so much constant pressure. He embarked from Adelaide on 21 September 1915 and made it to Lemnos near Gallipoli by late November. However, his records do not say that he made it onto the peninsula. after returning to Egypt, he sailed to France with the 10th Battalion in May 1916. He served as a driver. He suffered from trench feet in April 1917, and this caused him not to return to his unit in France until 30 May 1918. He survived the war without further incident and returned to Australia in 1919.

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