Captain Earle Alfred Farquhar

Earle Alfred Farquhar was born at Athelstan, Quebec, on 27 July 1913. He attended Huntingdon Academy from 1927 to 1931 and Macdonald College from 1931 to 1932. Before the war he worked as a schoolmaster and later as an investigator with the Quebec Revenue Department. He was appointed a provisional Second Lieutenant in the Royal Montreal Regiment (Machine Gun) on 26 February 1940 and went overseas that August. He transferred to the Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps in September 1941 and was promoted Captain on 1 March 1942. His wartime service included the United Kingdom and the Central Mediterranean Area, including service connected with Headquarters, 5th Canadian Armoured Division. He married Ethel Marion Holland on 1 June 1940. He returned to Canada in September 1945 and was released to Reserve Status at Montreal South on 13 November 1945. His awards included the 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. After the war he became a Chartered Accountant and worked for the Canadian National Railways in Montreal. He retired to Victoria in 1976, where he became active in the Canadian Mental Health Association and Cadboro Bay United Church. Earle Alfred Farquhar died at Royal Jubilee Hospital on 28 March 1989.

1913-07-27 — Born.
1927–1931 — Attended Huntingdon Academy; Junior Matriculation.
1931–1932 — Attended Macdonald College; Elementary and Teaching Diploma.
1940-02-26 — Appointed provisional Second Lieutenant for active service.
1940-03-08 — Taken on strength, Machine Gun Training Centre.
1940-03-31 to 1940-04-06 — Hospitalized with influenza and acute cervical cellulitis following an insect sting.
1940-06-01 — Married Ethel Marion Holland.
1940-06-22 — Promoted Lieutenant.
1940-08-21 — Struck off strength Machine Gun Training Centre on proceeding overseas.
1940-08-24 — Embarked for overseas service.
1940-09-05 — Disembarked and taken on strength overseas.
1941-03-27 to 1941-04-11 — Hospitalized for traumatic synovitis of the right knee.
1941-04-11 to 1941-04-14 — Transferred to Canadian Officers' Convalescent Home and discharged to unit.
1941-08-04 — Attached for pay duties to No. 1 Canadian Signals Holding Unit.
1941-09-24 — Transferred to the Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps; posted to No. 1 Canadian General Holding Unit.
1941-09-26 — Ceased attachment to No. 1 Canadian Signals Holding Unit.
1941-10-06 — Attached for pay duties to No. 2 Canadian Army Holding Unit.
1941-10-11 — Ceased attachment to No. 2 Canadian Army Holding Unit; struck off strength as supernumerary War Establishment.
1941-10-12 — Taken on strength of No. 2 Canadian Army Holding Unit.
1942-03-01 — Promoted Captain.
1942-04-17 to 1942-04-23 — Granted seven days' privilege leave with travel warrant.
1942-07-20 to 1942-07-27 — Granted seven days' privilege leave with travel warrant.
1942-08-24 — Taken on strength Command Pay Detachment, RCAPC, supernumerary to War Establishment as reinforcement paymaster on posting from 2 Canadian Army Reinforcement Unit.
1943-03-24 — Posting status changed from reinforcement paymaster to General Duty Officer.
1943-07-12 to 1943-07-23 — Granted 11 days' leave and returned from leave.
1943-08-10 to 1943-08-14 — Hospitalized for central choroiditis and retinitis; admitted for investigation of visual symptoms.
1943-10-09 to 1943-10-12 — Sick in quarters.
1943-10-15 — Struck off strength Command Pay Detachment on posting to Headquarters, 5th Canadian Armoured Division.
1943-10-22 — Taken on strength from Command Pay Detachment, RCAPC.
1943-12-30 — Attached for RCAPC/pay duty with another Canadian formation as 5th Canadian Armoured Division prepared for Mediterranean service.
1944-01-21 — Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp recorded.
1944-04-17 to 1944-05-01 — Hospitalized with atypical pneumonia; transferred onward for continuing care.
1944-05-02 to 1944-05-13 — Continued hospital treatment for primary atypical pneumonia; discharged to convalescence.
1944-06-21 to 1944-06-27 — Transferred through X-lists to 3 Battalion Canadian Base Reinforcement Depot.
1944-07-07 to 1944-07-08 — Admitted with retinitis and transferred for convalescent-depot accommodation pending ophthalmological re-examination.
1944-07-27 to 1944-08-11 — Hospitalized with bilateral retinitis.
1944-08-13 — Struck off strength for movement to the United Kingdom.
1944-08-19 to 1944-09-15 — Hospitalized with bilateral retinitis; vision steadily improved and there was no contraindication to full duty.
1944-09-16 — Taken on strength 1 Canadian General Reinforcement Unit from X-3 List.
1944-10-05 to 1944-10-07 — Struck off strength 1 CGRU and taken on strength 5 District Headquarters.
1945-02-02 — Granted seven days' privilege leave with additional travel time.
1945-06-21 — Struck off strength 5 District Headquarters on posting to No. 22 Canadian Special Employment Company.
1945-06-23 — Posted/taken on strength 3 Canadian Military Personnel Depot from No. 22 Canadian Special Employment Company.
1945-09-08 — Struck off strength to 3 Repatriation Depot.
1945-09-12 to 1945-09-18 — Granted seven days' privilege leave and ration allowance.
1945-09-27 — Struck off strength Canadian Army Overseas and returned to Canada; taken on strength from overseas.
1945-11-13 — Struck off strength Canadian Army Active Force and released to Reserve Status.
1989-03-28 — Died at Royal Jubilee Hospital.
Prewar — Worked as a schoolmaster, then as an investigator with the Quebec Revenue Department, Corporation Tax Branch.