Typical farmer or soldier boy (5)
I believe the answer is:
giles
'typical farmer' is the definition.
(Farmer Giles is a stereotypical name for a farmer)
'soldier boy' is the wordplay.
'soldier' becomes 'GI' (term for US soldier).
'boy' becomes 'les' (short for Leslie).
'gi'+'les'='GILES'
'or' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for giles that I've seen before include "Carl _____, newspaper cartoonist" , "Farmer --- of Ham (Tolkien)" , "Boy's name" , "-- Coren; -- Brandreth" , "Sir - Gilbert Scott, English architect" .)