FERGUSON, Arthur Percival
| Service Number: | 6509 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Talbot, Victoria, Australia, 25 December 1889 |
| Home Town: | Pingelly, Pingelly, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Maryborough State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Agent |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 28 June 1918, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie IV B 2, Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beverley District Honour Roll WW1, Beverley War Memorial, Pingelly Memorial Rotunda |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6509, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6509, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6509, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle | |
| 4 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6509, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood | |
| 24 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6509, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Aerial BW to left shoulder sustained in a rations dump in the reserve line near Morlancourt. Evacuated to 61st CCS then situated at Vignacourt, where he later died of wounds on 28 June 1918. | |
| 28 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 6509, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6509 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-06-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William and Caroline Sarah FERGUSON, Beverley, Western Australia.
After two years' service with the Australian forces in France. Private Arthur Percival Ferguson, of the 32nd Battalion, has been killed in action. He was the fifth son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Ferguson, formerly of Maryborough, but now of Beverley (W.A.). The deceased soldier was well and popularly known in Maryborough, where many of his relatives still reside. Three of his brothers-Private George, Peter and Edward Ferguson are on active service. The last named whose wife resides in Albert Parade, was recently reported to be suffering from debility, but latest assurance to hand states that he is now convalescent. Mr. J. Ferguson, of High street, is a brother to those already mentioned.
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Pte 6509 Arthur Percival Ferguson sustained a wound to the left shoulder after a German aircraft dropped a bomb on a rations dump in the reserve line near Morlancourt (killing 16 and wounding 11 in total).
He was evacuated to the 61st CCS, then situated at Vignacourt, where he later died of wounds on 28 June 1918.
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