Biography
He landed, from Ireland, with his family at Quebec City on 26/06/1898 travelling in the S.S. Californian.
He operated the tug Victory with his brother Fred in Mill Bay in 1908.
He was a Marine Engineer.
He married Annie Elaine Hill on 28/02/1926.
He owned the Swiftsure II and left the marine field in 1947.
He was a businessman in Sooke BC where he was a resident at Milne's Landing.
He was the father of Douglas MacFarlane.
Military Service
He served with the 5th Regiment Canadian Garrison Artillery before the First World War.
He served as a Private in the 54th Battalion, 10th Brigade Artillery in the First World War 1916-1919.
References
- John D.S. Henderson (Personal Communication 14/10/1999)
- Personal Communication (Conversation John MacFarlane - George R. MacFarlane) 1992.
