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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Minmi (Newcastle)
• Land New South Wales, Australia
• Last residence Merewether, via Newcastle, New South Wales
• Family Son of Robert and Margaret Ferguson, of Carrington St., West Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales
• Education Minmi and Hamilton, New South Wales
• Profession Butcher

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 27 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
• Service number 2821
• Rank Serjeant
• Medals Military Medal, 1914-1915 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 56th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career 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

• Wounded 2 April 1917; gunshot wound neck and hand; in France 26 September 1917; shot wound chest en leg
• Type of wounds Died of wounds at N°17 CCS
• Died at the age of 27
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - C - 9

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