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  • Minmi (Newcastle)
  • New South Wales, Australia
  • Merewether, via Newcastle, New South Wales
  • Son of Robert and Margaret Ferguson, of Carrington St., West Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales
  • Minmi and Hamilton, New South Wales
  • Butcher

Military service

  • 27 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
  • 2821
  • Serjeant
  • Military Medal, 1914-1915 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
  • 56th Bn. Australian Infantry
  • Unit embarked from Sydney on 30 September 1915; promoted Corporal 1 June 1916; June 1916 to France; promoted Sergeant 9 November 1916; awarded Military Medal in February 1917 for acting with extreme bravery in retrieving wounded and bringing up rations while under heavy machine gun fire near Gueudecourt, France.

Death

  • 2 April 1917; gunshot wound neck and hand; in France 26 September 1917; shot wound chest en leg
  • Died of wounds at N°17 CCS
  • 27
  • XX - C - 9

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