Charles FARMAR

Regimental number26/774
Date of birth30 January 1887
Place of birthBlenheim
OccupationSeaman
Next of kinMother, Mrs F T Farmar, 252 Armagh Street, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 8 August 1917
Discharge date30 November 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 15 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria for France, 7 April 1916.

Deprived of 3 days' pay, 11 April 1917, for insolence to a superior Officer.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 23 April 1917 (mumps); rejoined unit, 6 May 1917.

Detached to NZ Working Bn, in the field, 20 April 1917; rejoined unit, 19 May 1917.

Wounded in action, 7 June 1917 (gun shot wound, left leg; compound fracture, severe); admitted to No 77th Field Ambulance, 8 June 1917; transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 8 June 1917; to No 11 Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 9 June 1917; to England, 14 June 1917, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 15 June 1917.

Classified unfit by Medical Board, 30 July 1917, and placed on NZ Roll.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Avonmouth on board HS 'Maheno', 8 August 1917; discharged, 30 November 1917 (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action).

Total war service: 2 years 49 days (of which 1 year 224 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death23 July 1930 Waihau
Age at death43
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 20
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805