MACPHERSON, Ewen
| Service Number: | 186 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 10 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la Boisselle |
| Memorials: | Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 186, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 186, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 6 Dec 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 186, 1st Field Company Engineers, Obtained a commission in the Imperial Army in the Royal Field Artillery. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Ewen Fergus Lord MacPHERSON (Service Number 186) was born in 1891 in Brewarrina. He was the son of Ewen Fergus Macpherson and Genevieve Louisa Macpherson. He worked for the NSW Government Railways and Tramways as a Locomotive Driver..
He was granted leave from the Railways on 20th August 1914 when he enlisted in the AIF. He embarked from Sydney on 18th October 1914, on HMAT A19 ‘Afric’.
He proceeded to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Alexandria (Egypt) on 3rdd March 1915 .
On 14th July 1915, he was found guilty of neglecting duty, and as punishment, was confined to camp for four days. He was admitted for malaria on 26th July 1915. He was still in Alexandria at this time.
On 10th August 1915, he embarked for England on HMAT ‘Aeneas’. When he arrived in London, he was admitted for myalgia on 23rd August. This was discovered to be appendicitis, which would result in him needing an operation.
On 6th December 1915, Macpherson was discharged from the AIF because he had ‘obtained a commission with the Imperial Army’ in the Royal Field Artillery.
He died on 10th August 1916. He was buried in Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.