FERGUSON, John Montcrieff
| Service Numbers: | 3484, 3484B |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Adelaide, South Australia, 27 July 1874 |
| Home Town: | Maylands (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Traveller (salesman) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 21 August 1916, aged 42 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Peters Heroes War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3484, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 12 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3484, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3484, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 21 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3484B, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3484B awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-21 |
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"THE LATE PRIVATE J. M. FERGUSON.
Mrs. J. M. Ferguson, of Frederick-street, Maylands, has been notified that her husband, Private J. M. Ferguson, who was previously reported missing, was killed in action in France on August 21. He was with the first Australians who participated in the war in France and saw continuous fighting until his death. He was for many years a member of the Scottish-Corps and was well known in lodge circles. For many years he was Grand Master of the Free Gardeners' Lodge, and was one of the founders of the Loyal Maylands Lodge. He left a wife and two children. Private Ferguson was of a genial disposition and was highly esteemed by all who knew him." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 25 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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