FARLOW, John
| Service Number: | 2365 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 28 May 1915, at Liverpool |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Homebush, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Flemington, Strathfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Drover |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Strathfield Homebush War Memorial, Strathfield WWI Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 28 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2365, 1st Infantry Battalion, at Liverpool | |
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| 14 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2365, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2365, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2365, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2365 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
John Farlow was born in Homebush in Sydney and later lived at Flemington. He was 5 feet 5 inches tall with blue eyes and brown hair. he enlisted for the war on 28 May 1915 and was placed into the 1st Battalion with the service number 2365. After initial training he embarked from Sydney on HMAT A67 Orsova on 14 July 1915. He trained some more in Egypt and then reached Gallipoli on 4 November 1915. After the withdrawal from Gallipoli he was repeatedly in trouble with military authorities. He travelled to France with the 1st Battalion in March 1916.
His service in France did not last long. Sometime between 22 and 25 July 1916 John Farlow was killed in action near Pozières. He was buried in the vicinity but his body could not later be recovered.