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FARQUHAR, Allan James
| Service Number: | 56027 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 December 1917, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Semaphore, South Australia, Australia, 8 March 1897 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Analyst |
| Died: | 3 July 1970, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremation |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (1), Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Exeter Semaphore Uniting Church (fmly Wesleyan) Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Dec 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 56027, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, at Adelaide | |
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| 23 Jul 1918: | Involvement Private, 56027, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jul 1918: | Embarked Private, 56027, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, HMAT Marathon, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 56027, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Before going to war
On the 8th March 1897 Allan James Farquhar was born. A second-generation immigrant of British descent he was born in Semaphore, South Australia. He had a fresh complexion with blue eyes and brown hair. He was an analyst, was of Methodist religion with a height 1.85 metres, a weight of 59 kilograms and a chest measurement of 79 centimetres. This information outlines that he would have been religious, tall and thin. He was 20 years old at enlistment and enlisted in Adelaide, South Australia on the 15th of December 1917.
During service
Farquhar’s official documentation has little information in or around his service in the war. Using key dates found in his official papers paired with the unit entries and diaries a realistic assumption has been made on what he participated in or around during his service.
After enlisting, he spent several months training in Australia. He embarked for England on 23 July 1918 and arrived at London on 27 September 1918. By this stage Australian units were being withdrawn from the front and so Farquhar never saw combat. He remained in England at a variety of training camps until he began to suffer from influenza in December. On 22 December 1918 he was put on a ship to return to Australia. He was discharged from the AIF on 27 February 1919.
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