Detail victim

Name FERGUSON
Initials J
First name JAMES
Place of birth Minmi (Newcastle)
Country 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

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
Division - Brigade 14th Brigade
Army - Corps - Division 5th Australian Division
National force A.I.F.
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.

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
Date of death 29 September 1917
Died at the age of 27
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - C - 9