FERGUSON, Vincent Alexander
| Service Number: | 2653 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia , 20 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Died: | War Service related , Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 2 June 1918, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Branch Engine Drivers, Firemen & Cleaners Association Roll of Honour, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War, Ipswich Western Suburbs War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2653, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2653, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2653, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 2 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 2653, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2653 awm_unit: 25 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-06-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Vincent was the youngest son of John and Jane Ann Ferguson, of Brisbane St., Ipswich, Queensland.
His elder brother, 3710 Driver George Grant Gregory Ferguson 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, was killed in action near Pozieres on 21 August 1916, aged 25.
Vincent was employed as a fireman in the service of the Railway Department in Queensland when he enlisted.
He was not on the Western Front for long but was at the Battle of Bullecourt on 3 May 1917, where not long after he was evacuated to England with shell shock and nephritis. He was returned to Australia 16 July 1917 and discharged during October the same year. According to the newspapers of the day, he did not improve in health as his family and friends could have desired, and, during May 1918 had been very ill. He passed away in Ipswich on 2 June 1918.