MACFARLANE, John
| Service Number: | 164 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Sherwood, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Law clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Onverwacht, Transvaal, South Africa, Onverwacht, Limpopo, South Africa, 4 January 1902 |
| Cemetery: |
Ermelo Cemetery, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Anzac Square Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Corinda Sergeant Robert Berry & Acting Corporal John McFarlane Memorial Plaque, Sherwood Boer War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Corporal, 164, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 164, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 4 Jan 1902: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 164, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Battle of Onverwacht |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When John MacFarlane enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his photo was published with the Rank and File in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father J. B. MacFarlane, Sherwood. In the Boer War Service Paybooks of the 5th QIB held by the Qld State Archives he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. M. MacFarlane (Mary MacFarlane nee O'Neill), Sherwood.
After he was killed in action at Onverwacht and buried in South Africa, his friends erected a memorial for him, and Sgt Robert Edwin Berry who was also killed in action, at St Matthews Anglican Cemetery, Sherwood, Qld- see photo on alternate Find A Grave memorial link.
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