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Roy Arnold McFARLANE

Regimental number6063
Place of birthStrathdownie, nr Casterton, Victoria
Other NamesMacFARLANE
SchoolGlenburnie Public School, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressGalah, via Ouyen, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs MacFarlane, Galah via Ouyen, Victoria
Enlistment date22 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll38th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 12 March 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialTrois-Arbrs Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 6), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
130
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Peter and Sarah MacFARLANE, Galah, Victoria. Native of Strathdownie, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousins: 1787 Pte James Alexander MONTGOMERY, 2nd Bn, died of wounds, 11 August 1915; 4735 Lance Corporal Gilbert BELL, 46th Bn, killed in action, 11 April 1917
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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