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RAMC profile of:

John FARRAR
[Service No: 540]

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Place or Date of Birth:

Service Number:	540

TF Number:

Rank:	Pte

Unit:	2nd East Lancashire Divisional Field Ambulance

Attached To:	2/2nd East Lancs Field Ambulance

Enlistment Location:	Burnley, Lancs

Also Served:

Outcome:	Drowned

Date Died:	13/08/1915
Age Died:	22

Where Buried and/or Commemorated:	Turkey - Helles Memorial

Awards:

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John was a noted swimmer and had been employed at Messrs. Maxfield’s Springhill Shed. He entered the war in Egypt on 11th August 1915. He was onboard H.M. Transport Ship 'Royal Edward' when it was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-14. He was the son of Fred Fawcett Farrar and Mary Farrar of 9 Netherby Street, Burnley.

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