When CMDR John Villiers Farrow was born on 10 February 1904, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, his father, Joseph Charles Farrow, was 24 and his mother, Lucy Savage, was 23. He married Felice Sedonia Lewin in 1924. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1934 and lived in Beverly Hills Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 5 years. He died on 27 January 1963, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States.