Herbert Jermyn FARNSWORTH

FARNSWORTH, Herbert Jermyn

Service Number: 130
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
Born: North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1873
Home Town: Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Dentist
Died: Illness, Roseville, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 4 December 1967
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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Boer War Service

3 May 1901: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 130, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
17 May 1901: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 130, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia Boer War Dossier, discharged 17 May 1901.

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Herbert Jermyn FARNSWORTH was born in North Melbourne, Victoria in 1873

His parents were George William FARNSWORTH &Barbara Helen MacALISTER

He maried Clara Maud Mary LINCOLN at St Kilda Presbyterian Church, Victoria in 1910

He served in the Boer War in the 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry and returned to Australia on 3rd May, 1901 on the ship Tongariro and was discharged on 17th May, 1901

Herbert died in Sydney on 4th December, 1967 - late of Roseville & Neutral Bay & was cremated privately

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His son Lincolm William FARNSWORTH served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy during WW2 and was discharged on 28th April, 1945 (HMAS Penquin)

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