Captain George Collins Farish
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Farish,
George Collins
Date of birth: 1881-07-13
Place of birth: Yarmouth Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Henry G Farish (father), Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): railway official
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1918-10-28
Cause of death:
Died of illness
Buried:
Yarmouth (Mountain) Cemetery, K. 30.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Captain
(25th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Captain, 25th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Lieutenant (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Yarmouth NS war memorial
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 2755467
LAC ID:
381081
Service file: B2992-S011
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Henry Griggs Farish and Sarah Farish (nee Lent), of Yarmouth, N.S.; husband of Muriel Farish, of Apartment 8, 147, St. Luke St., Montreal.
Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 40th Battalion. Died of influenza and pneumonia.
Uploader's Research notes: NS death certificate [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 40th Battalion 1st Reinforcing Draft Captain Army Canadian Infantry 25th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-30
Last modified: 2014-03-14