Arthur Ernest FERGUSSON MM

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FERGUSSON, Arthur Ernest

Service Number:	4488
Enlisted:	26 September 1915, Place of Enlistment, Holsworthy, New South Wales.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balmain, Sydney New South Wales, Australia, 24 October 1895
Home Town:	Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Birchgrove Public School, Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Coach Painter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 23 August 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie Section V, Row C, Grave 11, Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

26 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4488, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Holsworthy, New South Wales.
15 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4488, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4488, 2nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney
21 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion
20 Nov 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Awarded the Military Medal
23 Aug 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 4488, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4488 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-23

Lance Corporal Arthur Ernest Fergusson

L/Cpl Arthur Ernest Fergusson MM 1896 - 23/08/1918
He was born, Balmain, Sydney, educated at Birchgrove Public School, Balmain, NSW
An apprentice coach painter.
Arhur enlisted 26/09/1915, was placed with the 14th reinforcement for the 2nd Bn., he embarked Sydney on the 15/01/1916 for France.
He was employed as a Coy Signaler with Bravo Coy HQ and received the Military Medal for acts of great energy and courage under heavy constant shelling on Company positions East of Ypres between the 30/09 and the 04/10/1917.
Arthur was Killed in Action around midday on the 23/08/1918, on the outskirts of St Martins wood near Proyart, France, while in a dugout used for the CHQ with three other diggers, PTE's, Randell, Upton and Hopwood. All died as a result of a close HE shell burst.
All the boys rest close to each other in Heath cemetery.
Arthur's cousin, 1910 CPL Albert Fergusson, 53rd Bn AIF died of wounds on the 02/10/1918, he rests in Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Second to none, Lest we forget.
for SGT Colin Butcher (CQMS, B Coy 2 RAR {Deployed})
By Pierre Vandervalden, Cummunal Cemetries and Churchyards in France and Belgium.

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