FERGUSON, Leopold Eric Alexis
| Service Number: | 9146 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1915, Warwick Farm, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 106th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Railway Clerk |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 9 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, France Plot IV, Row H, Grave 5 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goulburn District Railway Employees Great War Honour Roll, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 9146, 1st Dermatological Hospital, Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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| 22 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 9146, 1st Dermatological Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 9146, 1st Dermatological Hospital, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney | |
| 9 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 9146, 106th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery , 6th Brigade |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Leopold Eric Alexis FERGUSON, (Service Number 9146) was born in 1893 in Sydney. He joined the NSWGR as a messenger in the Permanent Way Department at Goulburn in 1909, and in 1910 was made a sub-inspector’s apprentice clerk. In 1911 he was promoted to junior clerk, and in 1914 to clerk. In July 1915 he was granted leave to enlist in the AIF at Warwick Farm.
Embarked from Sydney in December 1915, he was allotted to serve in the 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, perhaps because of his experience as a member of the Railway Ambulance Corps.
He was transferred to an artillery training depot in July 1916, and sent via England to France, where he landed in December 1916 and joined his unit.
On 8 June he was wounded in action and died the following day at a casualty clearing station. He was buried in Estaires Communal Cemetery. A war pension was granted to his widowed mother.
Submitted 1 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Leopold Eric Alexis FERGUSON was born in Sydney in 1893
His parents were Colin FERGUSON & Louise Myrea PEARSON who married in Sydney in 1892
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Leopold Eric Alexis FERGUSON (Service Number 9146) was born in 1893 in Sydney. He joined the NSW Government Railways as a messenger in the Permanent Way Department at Goulburn in 1909. In 1910 he was made a sub-inspector’s apprentice clerk. In 1911 he was promoted to junior clerk, and in 1914 to clerk. In July 1915 he was granted leave to enlist in the AIF at Warwick Farm.
He embarked from Sydney in December 1915. He was allotted to serve in the 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, perhaps because of his experience as a member of the Railway Ambulance Corps. This Hospital, which was located in Egypt, specialised in treating venereal disease. He was transferred to an artillery training depot in July 1916. He was sent via England to France, where he landed in December 1916 and joined his unit. He had two days in hospital with scabies before joining a new unit in April 1917.
On 8th June 1917 he was wounded in action and died the following day at a casualty clearing station. He was buried in Estaires Communal Cemetery. A war pension was granted to his widowed mother.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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