
FARQUHAR, Albert Gustavus
Service Number: | 3320 |
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Enlisted: | 14 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Jetson, Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia, 9 March 1887 |
Home Town: | Scottsdale, Dorset, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 22 July 1916, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
14 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3320, 1st Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3320, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3320, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
22 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3320, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Albert Gustavus FARQUHAR was born in Jetson, Scottsdale, Tasmania on 9th March, 1887
His parents were Alexander David FARQUHAR & Amelia Jane HARDY
He enlisted in Liverpool, NSW on 14th July, 1915 and embarked from Sydney with the 1st Infantry Battalion, 11th Reinforcements on 5th October, 1915 on the HMAT Themistocles
Albert was Killed in Action at Pozieres in France on 22nd July, 1916 - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers Bretonneux Memorial