James Henry FERGUS

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FERGUS, James Henry

Service Number:	SX2630
Enlisted:	7 May 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Walkerville, South Australia , 11 August 1908
Home Town:	St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Killed in Action, Libya, 24 September 1941, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Brighton Glenelg District WW2 Honour Roll, Glenelg St Michael's War Chapel WW2 Honour Roll, Henley Beach Council WW2 Honour Roll and Addendum, Municipality of St Peters Citizens Who Have Enlisted Roll of Honour, North Adelaide Christ Church and Queen's College Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

7 May 1940:	Involvement Lieutenant, SX2630, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
7 May 1940:	Enlisted Lieutenant, SX2630, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
7 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX2630, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James Henry and Agnes Fergus; husband of Gwendoline Muriel Fergus, of St. Peters, South Australia.

Lieutenant Killed On
Active Service
Mrs. J. H. Fergus, Clinton avenue. St. Peters, wife of Lieut. J. H. Fergus, has been advised that her husband was killed on active service on September 23. Lieut. Ferzus left Australia in December. 1940, and gained his commission overseas in June this year. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. j. H. Fergus, of Glenelg.

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