Walter FARQUHARSON

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FARQUHARSON, Walter

Service Number:	1689
Enlisted:	22 May 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kiama, New South Wales, 16 July 1891
Home Town:	Kiama, New South Wales
Schooling:	Kiama State School
Occupation:	Postman
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kiama Methodist Church Honour Roll, Kiama Uniting Church "Farquharson" Memorial Plaque, Molong & District Roll of Honour, Molong War Memorial, Sydney NSW Post Master General's Department Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

22 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1689, Liverpool, New South Wales
19 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1689, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
19 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1689, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
8 Feb 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 19th Infantry Battalion
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1689, 19th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1689 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...1689 Sergeant Walter Farquharson, 19th Battalion. A Post Office official from Kiama, NSW prior to enlistment, Sgt Farquharson embarked with the rank of Corporal (Cpl) with the 2nd Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Kanowna on 19 June 1915. Later promoted to Sergeant, he was initially reported as missing in action but a later Court of Enquiry determined that he had been killed in action on 3 May 1917. He is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. His brother 5016 Private (Pte) Frank Farquharson later died of wounds received in action." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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