Frederick FERGUS

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Service Number:	344
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle on Tyne, England, 1876
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Botmaker
Died:	Accidental - crushed by a descending lift, Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 November 1915
Cemetery:	Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales Church of England Section, Special 21, Grave 273-274, Waverley General Cemetery, Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 344, Enlisted at Sydney
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 344, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 344, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
3 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal
16 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 344, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Invalided to England via Malta
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 344, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 344 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-11-23

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Next of kin given as a friend Mrs. C. Harwood of Meeks Road Pumping Station, Marrickville, NSW

Engaged to Adeline Agnes Isabel Paterson of 13 Challis Avenue, Marrickville, NSW

8 October 1915 - commenced return to Australia on HS Seuvic for discharge as medically unfit due to loss of sight caused by an explosive projectile

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to Adeline Paterson

Apprenticed to Howlett & White of Norwich, England for 5 years

Also served in the Eastern Division of the Royal Artillery (Territorial)