Source: Email via Dennis Nelson and attached photo of the 1st Perth Regiment, 1930. From Beacon Herald June 12, 1982.
Family Search: When Private James Harold Farrant was born on 6 December 1897, in Fulham, Hammersmith, Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Edwin Farrant, was 43 and his mother, Mary Jane Legg, was 34. He married Hilda Amanda Mansz on 26 August 1922, in Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in 1908. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1954, his occupation is listed as motive power shop, Canadian National Railway in Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada. He died on 11 June 1954, in Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 56, and was buried in Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
British Home Child War Registry
Sat, Jun 12, 1954 ·Page 11.
Sat, Mar 24, 1928 ·Page 17.
