MCFARLANE, Charles Henry
| Service Number: | 1031A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Gladstone, South Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Stirling (SA), Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardner |
| Died: | 6 July 1940, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria NP-Anglican-R076 |
| Memorials: | Aldgate War Memorial, Norton Summit Uraidla Methodist Sunday School Roll of Honor, Uraidla & Districts Roll of Honour 2 |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1031A, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1031A, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide |
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Charles Henry McFarlane was born in 1895, in Gladstone, South Australia. His father was Charles Henry McFarlane senior, whom he was named after. He was described as being 5 foot 8 and weighing in at around 144 pounds. (65kg) He had tan skin with blue eyes and brown hair. Before the war he was a gardener. His father was his nominated next of kin at enlistment and he lived at Stirling West.
During the war Charles married Marjory Fraser in September 1917. She later lived in Glasgow.
Charles enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on the 13th of January 1915 at 20 years old, where he was assigned to the 9th Light Horse Battalion. The battalion trained in South Australia between 1914 and 1915. He was assigned as a Private and given the service number of 1031A.
He embarked in Adelaide, SA, on the 24th of June 1915. The ship he boarded was named the HMAT A61 Kanowna, which was bound for Egypt for some final training. After finishing his training in Egypt (Unknown date) He was deployed in Gallipoli and became sick in October 1915 with Pyrexia. He was admitted to hospital in Mudros for being sick on the 20/10/15 and was transferred to the 13th Casualty Clearing station on the 22/10/15, then transferred to England on the 23/10/15; once there he was brought to the University Hospital in Southampton on the 8/11/15. Later Charles was transferred to the 3rd Southern General Hospital in Oxford on the 2/12/15, and finally transferred from Cambridge hospital to Abbey wood for duty on the 26/5/16.
He was transferred to the 48th Battalion 6th September 1916 and proceeded overseas to France 23rd September 1916. Charles remained with the 48th Battalion until he took leave in the UK in March 1918. He rejoined his unit at the beginning of April 1918. In August he was absent with leave and forfeited 5 days pay.
In January 1919 he proceeded for England for return to Australia. Charles left England on 25th February 1919 and disembarked at Adelaide 11th April 1919. He was discharged from the AIF 4th June 1919.
Charles Henry McFarlane died at the age of 60 in 1955, for unknown reasons. He was buried in Nichols point cemetery, in Mildura, Victoria.
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