FARRY, Michael
| Service Number: | 216 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 27 September 1868 |
| Home Town: | East Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Suicide, Longreach, Queensland, Australia, 29 November 1914, aged 46 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 216 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 216, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 216, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Michael Farry enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as J. Farry, Australian National Hotel, East Brisbane. James Farry was the owner/Licensed Victualler of the Australian National Hotel from about 1892 to 1907.
Michael Farry was born on 27 Sep 1868 in Queensland, a son (of 11 children) to James Farry and Ann Farry (nee Martin). He married Leonora Stafford Kissick on 25 Nov 1912 in Queensland. They moved to Marchmont near Longreach to work not long before he passed at his own hands.
(AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 514; Qld State Archives Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, BK 2 p. 10; newspaper report; BDM Qld online birth and death register).
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