FARNAN, Christopher Charles
| Service Number: | 3735 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 August 1915, Jacka's mob |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, February 1885 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Military Mental Asylum (Mont Park), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 November 1923, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic T 164 |
| Memorials: | South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3735, 14th Infantry Battalion, Jacka's mob | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3735, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3735, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3735, 46th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First), SW to head | |
| 23 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3735, 46th Infantry Battalion |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for; - 3735 Lance Corporal Christopher Charles Farnan (aka Farnam) of South Melbourne, Victoria who had been employed as a labourer prior to enlisting for War Service on the 3rd of August 1915 and was allocated to reinforcements for the 14th Battalion 1st AIF.
Christopher embarked for Egypt and further training on the 23rd of November. With the end of the Dardanelles campaign Christopher was transferred over to the 46th Battalion, and with this Unit he was shipped to Northern France where he arrived on the 8th of June 1916. Christopher’s service in the trenches would be continuous until his Battalion was committed to the First Battle of Bullecourt, and during this action on the 11th of April 1917 (noted as 14th of April) he received shell wounds to the hand and was sent to Boulogne for hospitalisation, following which he was returned to his Unit in the field on the 28th of June. Aside short periods of leave.
Remaining with his Battalion until the end of the War, Christoper was sent to England to begin his repatriation for Australia, departing on the 5th of April 1919. Following his return Christopher was granted his formal discharge from the 1st AIF on the 20th of July 1919 for his re-entry into civilian life. By the 16th of June 1923 Christopher’s psychological health had completely broken down and he was admitted into the Military Mental Asylum (Mont Park), diagnosed as suffering General Paralysis of the Insane.
Christopher would remain in the asylum until his death whilst still in residence on the 9th of November 1923, and following his passing Christopher was laid to rest within Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria.
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