with Colonel Abdy Ricketts after capture of Hill 60
born 21.12.1917
only son of Charles and Eileen Macfarlane,Port Elizabeth,South Africa
educated Cheam Preparatory School,Clifton and Gonville
educated Caius College,Cambridge
Colonial Service,Nigeria 1939
commissioned Royal West African Frontier Force
7th Nigeria Regiment (Adjutant) 1942
29 Column,3rd Indian Division (Chindits) (Intelligence Officer)
Assistant District Commissioner,Nigeria 1946
farmer postwar
Deputy Lieutenant,Surrey 1984
married Pamela Hollings (nee Laing) (war widow,1 son) 1945
4 children plus stepson (wife died 2001)
died 27.7.2002
