George FARQUHAR

Regimental number68522
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Farquhar, Rerneggy, Lybster, Wick, Caithness, Scotland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 33rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 99 Athenic on 31 December 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 31 December 1917
Place of burialGommecourt Wood New Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No 25), Foncquevillers, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
OWG records date of death as 15 August 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 76, p. 5