FERGUSON, John Norman Victor McLean
| Service Number: | 191 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, 12 November 1874 |
| Home Town: | New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | K.I.A. serving WW1 with Canadian Forces, Ypres, Belgium, Ypres, Belgium, 2 June 1916, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Belgium- Panel 10-58. |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 191, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 4 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk 2, p. 41, notes promoted to Sergeant 4 Mar 1901. | |
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 191, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 191, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
John Norman Victor McLean Ferguson was born on 12 Nov 1874 at Stanthorpe, Queensland, a son (one of children) to William Ferguson and Emily Ferguson (nee Deacon). On his return from the South African (Boer) War he married Kathleen Heusler on 6 Nov 1903 in Queensland and they had 1 child while still residing in Queensland.
He relocated to Canada prior to WW1. He enlisted again in WW1 serving with Canadian Forces, Canadian Infantry (Corporal S.N. 791, Eastern Ontario Regiment), in Belgium. He was killed in action at Ypres on 2 Jun 1916 and is memorialised on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Belgium.
When he enlisted in Canada on his Attestation Form (27 Aug 1914) he noted- his N.O.K. mother Mrs E. Ferguson, Brisbane, Qld; was born 12 Nov 1877 at Stanthorpe; he was a Locomotive Engineer; was now not married; and previously served in Boer War with 5th QIB. The information is available on his profile on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial website with the Attestation paper extracted and attached to this profile.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 497; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk 2, p. 41; Canadian Virtual War Memorial- WW1 service profile).