Lieutenant Colonel Walter Percy Farr

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Photograph B01560
Service number N75890
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, Temporary Major
Birth Date 1889-11-21
Death Date 1940-11-16
Death Place Australia
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Army
Units
  • Staff
  • Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division
  • Light Horse
  • 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade
  • 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade
  • 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • Eastern Command
  • General List
Place Australia
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-12
Published in London Gazette in 1916-12-01
Published in London Gazette in 1918-04-11
Published in London Gazette in 1917-02-15
Published in London Gazette in 1916-01-28
Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-05
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-08-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-04-06
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-06
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-04-19
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-07-25

Collection items

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    Informal group portrait of headquarters staff of the Desert Mounted Corps on the steps of the ...

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    Document


    Letters received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 3 January 1917 – 14 December 1917

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Light Horse
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    12 January 1918 on page 804 at position 6
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1918 on page 1122 at position 20

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    General List
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    05 June 1919 on page 7189 at position 7
    Commonwealth Gazette
    06 October 1919 on page 1466 at position 68

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    General List
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    11 April 1918 on page 4411 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    30 August 1918 on page 1781 at position 34

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    1st Australian Light Horse Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    General List
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Light Horse
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    01 December 1916 on page 11807 at position 5
    Commonwealth Gazette
    19 April 1917 on page 926 at position 13

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Major
    London Gazette
    15 February 1917 on page 1608 at position 6
    Commonwealth Gazette
    25 July 1917 on page 1543 at position 8

  • Roll of Honour:

    Unit
    Eastern Command
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    28 January 1916 on page 1207 at position 9
    Commonwealth Gazette
    06 April 1916 on page 861 at position 10

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    General List
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

Timeline

Date of birth 21 November 1889
Date of enlistment 24 September 1914
Date of embarkation 21 October 1914
Date of recommendation honour or award 1915-12
Date of recommendation honour or award 29 April 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 15 April 1918
Date of discharge 31 March 1919
Date of death 16 November 1940
Date of death 16 November 1940

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