Son of D. M. McFarlane, of Malvern. Born Adelaide, South Australia. A farmer and contractor. Formerly saw service with the Second South Australian Contingent and in the 6th South Australian contingent. Took up business in South Africa. Was involved with the South Australian War Graves fund by providing free transport of the crosses for South Australian men who died in the war 1899-1902.
Cleared stolen ServiceNo 77264414BG (belongs to McEwan J.E. PN 31769, 5 SAI, 1980-04-11; this record is 1906 Bambatha Rebellion). Regimental History of the Durban Light Infantry, Vol. 1, Ch.4: gives regiment as "Transvaal Mounted Rifles" (this record has Johannesburg Mounted Rifles) and rank/decoration as "Capt. ... D.S.O." -- D.S.O. added to PersonAward, regiment discrepancy not resolved.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
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Regimental History of the Durban Light Infantry (Vol. 1)
Chapter 4 casualty list: "Capt. S. C. Macfarlane, D.S.O., Transvaal Mounted Rifles, killed." Regiment given there as Transvaal Mounted Rifles vs this record's Johannesburg Mounted Rifles -- discrepancy not resolved, both sources may be using different administrative names for the same force.
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