FERGUSON, Douglas Harold Rygate
| Service Number: | 1662 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Wellington, New South Wales, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wellington District School, NSW |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Ecoust Military Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein Plot II, Row A, Grave 24 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wellington Cenotaph, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1662, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1662, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1662, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney | |
| 29 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1662, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 12 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, 4th Divisional Artillery, 37th Battery | |
| 16 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 10th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 23 Apr 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 1662, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1662 awm_unit: 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-04-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Douglas Harold Rygate FERGUSON was born in 1894 in Wellington, NSW
His parents were Alexander William Bell FERGUSON and Adelaide Hannah PHILLIPS who married in 1874 in Molong, NSW
He enlisted in Liverpool on 28th January 1915 and embarked with the 13th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements from Sydney on the HMAT Seang Choon on 11th February, 1915
Douglas was Killed in Action on 23rd April, 1917 in France and is buried in the Escoust Military Cemetery in France
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal.
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His brother Allan Patrick FERGUSON (SN1086) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919
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