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Bacchus Marsh
Avenue of Honour

Commander John Clement McFarlane

20/4/1887
Born at West Melbourne, VIC
11/10/1912 - 26/6/1913
In the Australian Permanent Naval Forces, London Depot
27/6/1913 - 24/6/1917
Joined the newly commissioned HMAS Sydney as a Gunner
1914
HMAS Sydney engaged and captured the German raider Emden
1915
He was a torpedo instructor
1/11/1915
Promoted to Mate
28/10/1917 - May 1919
Aboard the HMAS Brisbane
1/11/1917
Promoted to Lieutenant
May 1919 - 5/8/1919
Aboard the HMAS Melbourne
6/8/1919 - 5/10/1921
Aboard the HMAS Brisbane
1/6/1921
Transferred to Auxiliary Services PNF
1/11/1925
Promoted to Lieutenant Commander
1/11/1925
Appointed Honorary Aide-de-camp to the Governor General - John Lawrence Baird Stonehaven (Oct 1925 - Oct 1930)
1/11/1928
Appointment renewed for a further three years
1929
District Naval Officer for Tasmania
1929 - 1931
District Naval Officer for Queensland
1/7/1931
Promoted to Commander
1/11/1931
Appointment renewed for a further three years - Governor General, Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs (Nov 1931 - Jan 1936)
1/11/1934
Appointment renewed for a further three years - Governor General, Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs followed by Sir Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie (Jan 1936 - Jan 1945)
1942
District Naval Officer for Victoria
21/5/1942
Transferred to the emergency list
20/4/1947
Transferred to the retired list
10/9/1956
Name removed from the Navy list
1974
Died at Kyneton, VIC, aged 87

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