William Turner AWMM

Farquhar AWMM

WWI 8/2334 AWMM

Male AWMM

Church of England, Christian AWMM

4 July 1887 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Dunedin, Otago Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Son of James Lamb Farquhar and Mary J. Farquhar, of Otago Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/william-turner-farquhar

Unknown AWMM 172 Lowe Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

J.L. Farquhar (father), Blackstone Hill, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Pre 17 April 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Army AWMM

WWI 8/2334 AWMM

British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM

WW1 17 April 1915 AWMM from AWMM
HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM Private AWMM Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM

• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 10" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  148 lb AWMM

WW1 Private AWMM
Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM

14 August 1915 AWMM
Age 28 AWMM
Egypt, North Africa AWMM

Died of wounds AWMM

Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM J. 82. AWMM

Today's list of casualties contains the name of' Private William T Farquhar (Otago Battalion), who is reported to have died of wounds. Private Farquhar, who was 28 years of age, left Gisborne with the fifth reinforcements, and was subsequently transferred to the Otago Battalion of the fourth reinforcements, along with several others. Prior to enlisting he had been a member of the local post and telegraph staff for over three years, and was a popular and highly respected officer. He was also a prominent hockey player, having been included in several representative teams, including the Poverty Bay team that visited Hamilton last year. He was captain of the Civil Service hockey and cricket .teams. Private Farquhar was an Otago boy, being a son of Mr James Lamb Farquhar, of Blackstones Hill, Otago. Of the fifteen or sixteen members of the local post and telegraph staff who have gone to the front, Private Farquhar is the first to have lost his life Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 May 2023 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLII, ISSUE 13769, 23 AUGUST 1915, PAGE 4

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21001942
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/108758/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/108758
  Further Reference

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
  Page No: 223 AWMM
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM