LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Francis William FARRAR
Service No: 124323
Born: Leeds, England, 10 February 1906
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 April 1943 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 4 Replenishing Centre, Port Moresby
Died: Illness, Greenslopes QLD, 18 September 1944, Aged 38 Years
Buried: Brisbane (Lutwyche) Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Willie and Ethel Mary Farrar; husband of Jessie Isabel Farrar, of Brighton
Roll of Honour: Sandgate QLD
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 18 September 1944, Leading Aircraftman Farrar, an Equipment Assistant, died of an illness at the 11th Brisbane Military Hospital, Greenslopes, Queensland.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/13/300