Joseph McFarlane

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Joseph AWMM

Ingoa whānau

McFarlane AWMM

Nama Hōia

7933 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

26 August 1874

Public - Kathryn Joan - Other relative - 17 February 2023 - Birth certificate purchased from Scotland's People

Wāhi Whānau

3 Scott Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Public - Kathryn Joan - Other relative - 17 February 2023 - Birth certificate purchased from Scotland's People

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Joseph McFarlane was the second of seven children, born to parents Andrew and Susan McFarlane

Public - Kathryn Joan - Other relative - 17 February 2023 - Family research and records (Joe was the older brother of my great grandfather, Herbert Milne McFarlane)

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Public - Kathryn Joan - Other relative - 17 February 2023 - Electoral roll records and community directories from the early 20th century, sourced via Ancestry.com.au

Mahi whai muri i te pakanga

Joe had a lifelong career in the New Zealand Railways

Public - Kathryn Joan - Other relative - 17 February 2023 - Electoral roll records and community directories from the 20th century, sourced via Ancestry.com.au

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Joe was a young married man when he enlisted. His wife was Catherine, nee Rainger (or Ranger). His baby son was also called Joseph. Joe's parents were still both living in Dunedin, though divorced.

Public - Kathryn Joan - Other relative - 17 February 2023 - Family records, proven by records sourced from the Births, Deaths and Marriages registers held by the Department of Internal Affairs, endorsed by records sourced from Ancestry.com.au and also from Archives New Zealand

Pakanga

South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

7933 AWMM

Te urunga

South Africa Fireman (locomotive) Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Taipitopito ekenga waka

South Africa 12 Mar 1902 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Kent Ministry for Culture and Heritage Vessel was Kent AWMM Private Ministry for Culture and Heritage 9th New Zealand Mounted Rifles, South Island Regiment, A Squadron Ministry for Culture and Heritage Ninth Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles AWMM

Urupā

Southern Dunedin Cemetery AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• Archives NZ: W5515|35|3475
  http://archives.govt.nz/research/guides/war
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20521733
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.