Christopher FARRER

Regimental number13/333
Place of birthBankwood, Hamilton
AddressHamilton, Waikato
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinL P Farrer, The Myrtle Hill, Tewkesbury, England
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Auckland on 16 October 1914
The Auckland Mounted Rifles, Main Body, left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 8 'Star of India' and HMNZT 12 'Waimana'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankSergeant
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 19 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialWalker's Ridge Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No 10), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Matthew George and Caroline Rachel Farrer, Copgrove, Bagley Wood, Oxford, England
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4/129A Sapper Thomas Culling FARRER, 1st Field Company, New Zealand Engineers, killed in action, 29 June 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Main Body

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