A descendant of Henry VII prev. A Tea Planter m. 1936 in Liverpool, Joan Staveley [Boumphrey], 2 children (Gail b. 1946 and Gordon b. 1949) Joan also gained a pilot's certificate in Ceylon, in 1939:
Owned G-ADJN, a 1935 BA Swallow 2, which he wrote off in an accident at Lympne in September 1940. His younger brother, George Evelyn Farquharson, married Joan Ursula Newnham 'Jill' Rees, who was later an MT Driver in the ATA, in 1940. Postings:
Left the ATA to join the RAF - Pilot Officer from 6 May 1940, Flying Officer from 6 May 1941. AFC in January 1944 (when he was a Flt-Lt with No 46 Maintenance Unit, RAFVR) A Squadron Leader by 1946, when he and J.P. Obeysekara both flew Austers from the UK to Ceylon. Emigrated to Rhodesia in 1958 d. 25 Oct 1984 - Hillcrest, Natal, South Africa |
1929
