FERGUS, Frederick
Service Number: | 344 |
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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 |
World War 1 Service
21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 344, Enlisted at Sydney | |
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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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
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)