The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Prvate John McFarlane |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: John Duncan McFarlane
Ancestor's date of birth: Detail not provided
Ancestor's date of death: Detail not provided
Cause of Death: Detail not provided
Service Number: 54
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: 1 Victorian Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: on Enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No record of post Boer War service
Murray Page: 224
Contingent: First Victorian
Ship: Medic, Date of Sailing: 28/10/1900
Memorial details: VMR Memorial Melbourne, Memorial gates at Keilor reserve
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: November 1899 - October 1900 in northern Cape Colony including defence of Pink Hill (12 February), in Free State, and in east Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: Soldier settler Keilor area. Keilor Councillor. Buried Keilor cemetery.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Ian Sydney McFarlane, Upwey VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grandson
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