Jim Farnan

Jim Farnan
Personal information
Full nameJames Thomas Farnan
Date of birth12 July 1875
Place of birthEmerald Hill
Date of death9 August 1916 (aged 41)
Place of deathFrance
Original teamMontague
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1899St Kilda1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1899 season.

James Thomas "Jim" Farnan (12 July 1875 — 9 August 1916) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was killed in action in France in World War I.

Family

One of the five children of William Francis Farnan (1851–1891) and Bridget Winifred Farnan (née Kane; 1853–1912), he was born at Emerald Hill (now known as South Melbourne) on 12 July 1875.

Footballer

Recruited from Montague, he played one senior game for St Kilda, on the half-back flank, against Essendon, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground on 8 July 1899 (round nine). Essendon won by 79 points, 11.19 (85) to 1.0 (6) (St Kilda did not score at all in the last three quarters).[1]

Soldier

He enlisted, aged 40, in the First AIF on 7 August 1915. He gave his occupation as packer and his status as single.

Death

Private James Farnan, of the 46th Battalion Australian Infantry was killed in action, in France, on 9 August 1916. He is buried at the Pozieres British Cemetery, at Ovillers-la-Boisselle, in France. His name is located at panel 141 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ A Walk-Over, The Argus, (Monday, 10 July 1899), p.3; The Football Season: The League Matches: Essendon v. St. Kilda,The Age, (Monday, 10 July 1899), p.3.

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