- Ex-brother-in-law of Rita Oehmen.
- Commanded and led the Canadian Army Band of the Allied Expeditionary Force 1944-1945.
- He and his wife had five sons and two daughters.
- On Guernsey, he was a keen photographer and chairman of the local softball association.
- While still in his teens, Farnon played lead trumpet in the CBC Orchestra and did vocal arrangements. He became a prominent composer of light orchestral music for radio, film, and TV, and worked with such stars as Tony Bennett, Jose Carreras, Sarah Vaughan, and Frank Sinatra. Film music composers Henry Mancini and John Williams have acknowledged his influence on their work.
- He was awarded the C.M. (Member of the Order of Canada) on October 23, 1997 for his services to music.
- Was signed by Decca in the late 1940's as house arranger and conductor. His orchestra provided the backing for numerous artists, including Vera Lynn, Gracie Fields, Denny Dennis, Paul Carpenter, Norman Wisdom and Anne Shelton. Farnon also made prolific broadcasts for BBC radio and television.
- He was considered by his peers to be the finest musical arranger in the world.
- His 1954 piece, "Derby Day", was used by the Portuguese TV service "Rádio e Televisão de Portugal" when they commenced in 1957. It has since become one of the station's anthems.
- He was noted as a jazz trumpeter in his early years.
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