MASON, Fergus
| Service Number: | 3176 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 October 1916, Blackall, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Penicuik, Scotland, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Yaraka, Longreach, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Derry House Cemetery No.2 Grave I. D. 4. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fauldhouse (Scotland) War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3176, 47th Infantry Battalion, Blackall, Qld. | |
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| 22 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3176, 47th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3176, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is one of four Australian soldier casualties of the Great War honoured on the Fauldhouse war memorial. Fauldhouse (Scots: Fauldhoose, Scottish Gaelic: Falas) is a village in West Lothian, Scotland. It is about halfway between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The nearest towns to Fauldhouse are Whitburn and Livingston.
Other neighbouring villages include Longridge, Shotts and Stoneyburn.
He was born at Penicuik (/ˈpɛnɪˌkʊk/ PEN-i-kuuk), a town and former burgh in Midlothian, Scotland, lying on the west bank of the River North Esk. It lies on the A701 midway between Edinburgh and Peebles, east of the Pentland Hills.
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