Andrew John McFarlane

I whānau mai i te 1915 - I mate atu i te 1 Dec 1941

Nama Hōia: 25715 AWMM
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Te Ope o Tū / te peka: Army AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga: Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Artillery, 6 Field Regiment AWMM
Pakanga: World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

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Son of Herbert Milne McFarlane and Elizabeth McFarlane, of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
Andrew John McFarlane was born in Invercargill on 31 August 1915. His father, Herbert, was 34 (and a veteran of the Boer War) and his mother, Elizabeth (Bess), was 25. Andy shared the same name as his paternal grandfather, who was also Andrew McFarlane and was a veteran of the Crimean War; and also his father's younger brother, who was serving in Gallipoli in August 1915 when his nephew and namesake was born.
Arriving mid-family, Andy had five brothers and six sisters. Born 18 months after his sister Myrtle (my Nana), these two children were particularly close. Andy became a wool classer and rabbitskin grader, and he lived with his parents at 95 Layard Street, Invercargill, at least through to 1938.
Andy was a good looking, quiet man, with an extroverted girlfriend, Margaret Davidson, a farmer's daughter from Waimahaka.
Andy enlisted to fight in WWII and became a gunner: Gunner A J McFarlane 25715 NZ Artillery. He was posted to the Pacific Islands, and then to Egypt. Andy was killed in active service on December 1, 1941, in the battle of Sidi Rezegh, at the age of 26. He was initially buried at Belhamed before his remains were exhumed and transferred to the Knightsbridge Cemetery as his final resting place.
Grieving for Andy and remembering him throughout her lifetime, his girlfriend Margaret ultimately married Norman [Mac] Dawson. Margaret and Mac stayed closely connected to Myrtle and her husband Ernie.
Andy was especially beloved by his sister Myrtle, who honoured, loved and missed him throughout the whole of her life - reuniting with Andy in her death, on 2 February 2016. After Andy's parents both died in 1977, his portrait was always prominent in Myrtle's homes, and is now cared for by his great nephew, Paul (Myrtle's grandson).
Myrtle was buried with Andy's photo against her heart, and a photo of his gravestone was tucked alongside her. She had missed him for 75 years and kept his memory alive in our family.
Public - Kathryn - Other relative - 28 April 2022 - Family knowledge and anecdotes from Andy's sister, Myrtle, and from Myrtle's daughter, Joan. Ancestral research with the family's military service verified.
Born on 31 August 1915 at 95 Layard Street, Invercargill. Middle child, with five brothers and six sisters.
Public - Kathryn - Other relative - 27 April 2022 - Source: Andy's sister (my grandmother), Myrtle Violet McFarlane, born 14 March 1914.

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