Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ellison

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: 1915, Gallipoli, Canakkale, Turkey

Notes:

1 - Full Name Alexander McFarlane
War World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No. 13/714
First Known Rank Trooper
Next of Kin John McFarlane, Waipu, New Zealand
Marital Status Single
Enlistment Address Waipu, New Zealand
Military District Auckland
Body on Embarkation 2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation Unit Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation Date 14 December 1914
Place of Embarkation Wellington, New Zealand
Transport «u»HMNZT 13 «/u» «u»HMNZT 14 «/u» «u»HMNZT 15 «/u»
Vessel Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Destination Suez, Egypt
Page on Nominal Roll 446
Sources Used Nominal Rolls of New Zealand
[ http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/cenotaph/RecordDetail.aspx?OriginalID=49211&SearchID=7561632&Ordinal=3 ]«i»

«/i»2 - The Allied landing and subsequent campaign on the peninsula during World War I is usually known in Britain as the Dardanelles Campaign and in Turkey as the Battle of Çanakkale. In Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Newfoundland, the term Gallipoli alone is used to describe the 8 month campaign.

In early 1915 Russia was fighting a multi front war against Germany, Austria/Hungary, and Turkey. While it had a sizable army it struggled to deliver sufficient supplies to the troops. The landings at Gallipoli were an Allied attempt to clear a supply path through the Dardanelles to Russia. This would also assist them by putting pressure on Turkey by threatening Constantinople (now Istanbul). On April 25, 1915, after failed attempts to force a passage through the Dardanelles by naval forces alone, a force of British Empire and French troops landed at multiple places along the peninsula. The battles over the next 8 months saw high casualties on both sides due to the exposed terrain, weather and closeness of the front lines. The invasion forces were successfully blocked by the Turkish troops and the subsequent Allied withdrawal meant the Russians would not be receiving supplies through the Dardanelles.

The battle is often referred to for its successful stealthy retreat which was completed with minimal casualties, the ANZAC forces completely retreating by December 19, 1915 and the remaining British elements by January 9, 1916.

Overall, there were around 140,000 Allied casualties including around 45,000 deaths and 250,000 Turkish casualties including around 85,000 deaths. This campaign has become a "founding myth" for both Australia and New Zealand, and Anzac Day is still commemorated as a holiday in both countries. In fact, it is one of those rare battles that both sides seem to remember proudly. The Turks consider it a great turning point for their (future) nation and Australians and New Zealanders see it as the beginnings of the ANZAC spirit.

Many mementos of the Gallipoli campaign can be seen in the museum at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia, and at the Auckland War Memorial Museum in Auckland, New Zealand. This campaign also put a dent in the armour of Winston Churchill, then the First Lord of the Admiralty, who had commissioned the plans to invade the Dardanelles. He talks about this campaign vividly in his memoirs.

The Gallipoli campaign gave an important boost to the career of Mustafa Kemal, who was at that time a little-known army commander, but was later promoted to Pasha. Kemal halted and eventually repelled the Allied advance, exceeding his authority and contravening orders to do so. His famous speech "I do not command you to fight, I command you to die. In the time it will take us to die we can be replenished by new forces" shows his courageous and determined personality. He went on to found the modern Turkish state after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli ]

(Research):1 - e-mail from Viki Burton rec: 01.03.2008

2 - Comments: My husband has just found this site regarding my mother's family line, who was born MacFarlane. My grandfather was Alexander MacFarlane, born 1894 died 1966, Putaruru, New Zealand. I have information regarding whom he married and also the siblings of my mother (his offspring) and consequently her children including myself. Please contact me so that I may know how to add further information and hopefully fill in a few gaps of my own.
Sincerely
Ellison Martin 7vs1@xtra.co.nz

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John Macfarlane
• Alt. Birth: Abt 1854
• Immigration: Abt 1884, Otago, New Zealand
• Residence: 1914, Waipu, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand

Notes:

1 - (grey granite) John McFarlane cattle dealer 1859 54, w Janet McAlpine 1889 71, s Wm 1848 8, das Jessie mrs Campbell 1885 38, Christina mrs Tomlinson 1913 69, s Wm 1918 66, John 1929 75, Margt 1930 83, Mary 1932 90
[MI Gartmore churchyard plot #57 from Mitchells South Perthshire collection]

Sacred to the memory of John McFarlane cattle dealer d1859 age 71, wife Janet McAlpine d1859 age 71. Their son William d1848 age 8, daus Jessie, Mrs. Campbell d1885 age 38, Christina Mrs. Tomlinson d1913 age 69. John d1929 age 75. Margaret d1930 age 83. G'dau. Elizabeth M'f d19x8.
[ MI by John S McFarlane 2008 ref:0026e ]

2 - My Grandmother was Mary Graham McFarlane born 1899 Waipu NZ. Her Father was John MacFarlane (ID.1820) The Scots seem to put all their children on the Headstone (which is great for genealogy) but John (ID.1820) was buried at Waipu Cemetery NZ.
[ e-mail from Vicki Burton 7 Oct 2007 ]

3 - I have John's death certificate and he died 27th April 1929 aged 75, but then I have been to Waipu cemetery and taken a picture of the head-stone and it reads 27th June 1927 aged 70, I also have his marriage certificate and old perochial birth register.
I am having trouble finding out when John came to NZ, on his death certificate it says he was in NZ for 45 yrs so that makes it about 1884.I do know that he came by himself and sailed direct to Otago (South Island) then made his way up to Waipu, and married Catherine McMillan 28 January 1888. Catherine's parents came to NZ with Norman McLeod from Novia Scotia but not John.
In Waipu Cemetery the McFarlane Family were buried at the far back, out of the way of the Novia Scotians - but in recent years they changed the entrance and are now in the front.
[ e-mail from Vicki Burton 11 Oct 2007 ]

4 - John McFarlanes/Catherine 'Annie' McMillan's children:-
1.William McFarlane b. 1/8/1888 Waipu d.1907 Waipu Cemetery (drowned)
2.Archibald 'Norman' McFarlane b. 3/12/1889 Waipu d.16/6/1915 (WWI)
3.John McFarlane b.15/7/1892 Waipu d.4/2/1965 Waipu Cemetery
4.Alexander McFarlane b.16/11/1894 Waipu d.11/11/1966 Putaruru Cemetery NZ (Gallipoli Veteran)
5.Jessie McFarlane b.24/3/1896 Waipu
6.Margaret Janet McFarlane b.25/2/1897 Waipu
7.Mary Graham 'Minnie' McFarlane b.5/9/1899 d.16/8/1995 Pukekohe Cemetery NZ
8.Allan McAlpine McFarlane b.11/4/1901 Waipu
9.Elizabeth 'Ella' McFarlane b.17/5/1903 Waipu d.16/10/1987
Hamilton Park Cemetery NZ
10.William Harry McFarlane b.22/5/1907 Waipu d.10/2/1909 Waipu Cemetery
[e-mail from Viki Burton rec:1.03.2008 ]

(Research):Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
C113885 1820 - 1855 1040201 Film 6900676 Film

John married Catherine Annie McMillan [MacMillan] on 28 Jan 1888 in Waipu, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]