Alfred Victor FERGUSON MM +Bar

FERGUSON, Alfred Victor

Service Number: 2144
Enlisted: 1 June 1915, Keswick South Australia Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Dulwich South Australia Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Dulwich, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Salesman
Memorials: Rose Park Congregational Church Great War Roll of Honour, Rose Park Public School WW1 Honour Board, Tusmore Burnside District Roll of Honour
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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

2144 Sergeant Alfred Victor Fergusson, 27th BATTALION AIF. (Name spelt on Embarkation Roll as Ferguson).

Salesman, of Dulwich, South Australia,
Enlisted 1 June 1915 aged 21 years 7 months,
Embarked with 4th Reinforcements, 27 Bn, 21 Sept 1915,
Joined unit on Gallipoli 29 Dec 1915,
Wounded in France 4 August 1916,
Promoted to Sergeant in May 1917,
Awarded MM 2 July 1917, and second award (bar) 31 October,
Commissioned as 2/Lieut May 1918, promoted to Lieut Sept 1918,
Returned to Australia 31 May 1919,
Enlisted for WW2 service in 1940, aged 46.
Ended war as Captain in 4th Military District Recruiting Staff.

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