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Bacchus Marsh
Avenue of Honour

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Lance Sergeant Herbert Galbraith McFarlane

1876
Born in Bacchus Marsh, VIC
9/7/1915
Enlisted in the AIF, 7th Reinforcements, 8th Australian Army Services Corps (AASC), 17th Divisional Ammunition Park, 301 Company [Mechancial Transport], aged 38
16/8/1915
Embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT A21 Marere
Disembarked in Egypt
21/10/1915
Promoted to Corporal
13/4/1916
Attached for duty with the Australian Comforts Fund (ACF)
8/5/1916
Promoted to Lance Sergeant
10/5/1916
Embarked from Alexandria, Egypt
Disembarked in France
1/8/1916
Attached for duty with the 2nd Division
10/9/1916
With the 2nd Divisional Train as a Driver
14/10/1916
Attached for duty with the 21st Company Australian Army Services Corps (AASC)
28/2/1917
Proceed to the Australian Comforts Fund, England
27/6/1917
Marched out to AASC Training Depot - England
17/7/1917
Detached for duty with Administration Headquarters, London - from 8th AASC
5/11/1917 - 7/11/1917
Admitted to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, Southall - rheumatism - subject to for last eight years, lately getting worse
18/1/1918
Admitted to No. 2 Convalescent Depot from Furlough
15/4/1918
Embarked from England aboard the HT Marathon - incapacitated, rheumatism
12/6/1918
Returned to Australia
25/7/1918
Discharged from the AIF - medically unfit
1939
Died at Geelong, VIC, aged 62

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