David James McFarlane

Forenames

David James AWMM

Surname

McFarlane AWMM

Service number

• South African 1888 AWMM
• WWI 33579 AWMM
• WWI 33579 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

22 Jul 1880 Kiwi Jocks Research
Leith AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Margaret McFarlane (mother), Papakura, New Zealand AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• South African 1888 AWMM
• WWI 33579 AWMM
• WWI 33579 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 21 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 74 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 21st Reinforcements E Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

• WW1 Private AWMM
  Wellington Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM
• South Africa Trooper AWMM

Son of David and Margaret McFarlane, of Auckland, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs M. McFarlane, Papakura, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

8 Jul 1917 AWMM
Age  37 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Motor Car Corner Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM C. 17. AWMM

Memorial name

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

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20521730
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commmission
  https://www.cwgc.org/
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  52: 18
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
• HMNZT 74. Our ark : full of the funniest things you ever saw : the XXIst. [1917]. Capetown: Cape Times.