Miller Maffaking FERGUSSON

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FERGUSSON, Miller Maffaking

Service Number:	6082
Enlisted:	20 September 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Quorn, South Australia , 16 December 1900
Home Town:	Moonta, Copper Coast, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Bullecourt, France, 5 May 1917, aged 16 years
Cemetery:	Grevillers British Cemetery Plot III, Row D, Grave 8, Grevillers British Cemetery, Grevillers, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eudunda and District WW1 Roll of Honour, Quorn Roll of Honor, Quorn War Memorial

World War 1 Service

20 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6082, Adelaide, South Australia
6 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6082, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: Surname incorrectly spelt Furgusson on original record
6 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6082, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
5 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6082, 27th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
Date unknown:	Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Died of Wounds aged 16 years and 4 months

"...6092 Private Miller Maffaking Fergusson 27th Battalion. A labourer from Southward, SA prior to enlistment, Pte Fergusson embarked with the 17th Reinforcements from Adelaide on HMAT Afric on 6 November 1916 having put his age up to 18. On 5 May 1917, aged 16, he died of wounds received in action and was buried in the Grevillers British Cemetery." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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