Reginald William Bartlett FARMER

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FARMER, Reginald William Bartlett

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	1 December 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	HMAS Torrens (I)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 27 June 1888
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Pneumonia, Italy, 9 October 1918, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Messina Town Cemetery Plot 5. Row 2. Gr. 12. INSCRIPTION - A BELOVED SON AND BROTHER
Memorials:	Crib Point R.A.N. Destroyer Flotilla HR, Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 2)

World War 2 Service

1 Dec 1915:	Enlisted

World War 1 Service

3 Feb 1916:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Sub Lieutenant, HMAS Torrens (I)
21 Jan 1918:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, Officer, HMAS Torrens (I)

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

His rank was Lieutenant ; he was 30 and the son of William and Clara Farmer, of "Montrose," Musgrave St., Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales.

His brother, Private Aubrey Farmer, D.C.M., aged 23, also fell. He died between the dates of 29/04/1915 and 06/06/1915 whilst serving with the 3rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F., and having no known grave, is commemorated at Panel 20 on the Lone Pine Memorial.

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