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FARRAR, Gerald Neild
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX29006 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Subiaco, Western Australia, 17 July 1920 |
| Home Town: | Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental, Western Australia, 22 July 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Geraldton War Cemetery, Western Australia Geraldton War Cemetery, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Two AIF signallers were attached to RAAF rescue boat (crash launch) 08-5 which was sunk by enemy fire at Milne Bay in August 1942 - Signalman Fred Newman WX29017 was killed in the incident and Signalman Gerald Neild Farrar WX29006 / WXM6468 survived the sinking
Interred Exmouth War Cemetery, W.A.
Reinterred Geraldton War Cemetery, W.A.
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