
| Place of birth | Fife Scotland |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Survyor and engineer |
| Address | Toorak, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 30 |
| Next of kin | Sister, Ethel L Macrae, Kilonorie, Toorak Road, Toorak, Victoria |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Captain |
| Unit name | Mining Corps Headquarters |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Major |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 32 |
| Place of burial | The Huts Cemetery (Plot IX, Row A, Grave No. 2), Dickebusch, Belgium |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 174 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John Farquhar and berths Christian MACRAE |