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Military service
Service number:
117243
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
Birth:
August 11, 1882
Enlistment:
January 25, 1915
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
April 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sp. Mem. H. 7.
Additional information
Son of John and Georgina B. Farquhar, of Wick, Caithness, Scotland; husband of Isabella Tait Bain Farquhar (deceased 12 August 1915). He enlisted in the 12th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Father of John B. Farquhar of McMillar House, Wick, Scotland and Roy, Bruce, Vina, Marvin and Donald if Calgary, Alberta, Canada who were placed under the guardianship of James P. and Barbara Bain, Calgary, Alberta, after the death of their mother. Private Farquhar listed his civilian occupation as carpenter.
Additional citations
Victory Medal and British War Medal
Digital gallery of Private David Bruce Farquhar
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Newspaper Clipping
Clipping from Calgary Daily Herald May 10, 1916. -
Newspaper Clipping
Clipping from Calgary Daily Herald May 11, 1916. -
Entrance
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
Digital gallery of
Private David Bruce Farquhar
Digital gallery of
Private David Bruce Farquhar
Digital gallery of
Private David Bruce Farquhar
Digital gallery of
Private David Bruce Farquhar
Digital gallery of
Private David Bruce Farquhar
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 84 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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