FEGAN, Don
| Service Number: | 1501 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, June 1883 |
| Home Town: | Wickham, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gentleman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 19 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery Row E, Grave 3 Rev. McKenzie officiated |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 1501, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 1 Jan 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarking | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 1501, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 1501, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John L. Fegan of Elsmere House, Wickham, NSW. Brother of Elizabeth Alice Fegan
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 19th May 1915, Sergeant Donald Fegan, 3rd Battalion (Reg No-1501), gentleman from 99 Fleming Street, Wickham (Islington), New South Wales, was Killed in Action during the Gallipoli Campaign, age 30. No place or cause of death details given.
No Roll of Honour circular submitted.
Born at St Helens, Lancashire, England about 1884 (arrived in Australia about 1912, service in India and South African Boer War) to the Honorable John Lionel Fegan M.L.C. (died 29.12.1932, age 70) and Edith Louise (Louisa) Fegan (died 29.5.1946, age 73) of Elsmere House, 99 Fleming Street, Wickham (Islington), New South Wales, Don enlisted on the 23rd November 1914 at Liverpool, N.S.W. as Don.
In a letter received from Don in the Gallipoli trenches he talks about fighting on hills steeper than Dargai, India and Dornkop - (literally "thorn hill") is a ridge and locality on the western outskirts of Soweto in the Gauteng Province, South Africa.
Don is resting at 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. Row E Grave 3.
Mr. Fegan’s name has been inscribed on the Wickham (Hawkins Oval) Soldiers' Memorial, Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board and the Wickham (Dangar Street) Methodist Church Roll of Honour Tablet, whereabouts unknown. Place of Association – Wickham, New South Wales, Australia.
There is no memorial inscription on the family gravesite plaque to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of Don’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 2-127. 50.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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