Ewen Fergus Lord MACPHERSON

MACPHERSON, Ewen Fergus Lord

Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
Last Unit: Royal Field Artillery
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town: Brighton-Le-Sands, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed In Action, France, 10 August 1916
Cemetery: Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la Boisselle
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World War 1 Service

Date unknown: Involvement Second Lieutenant, Officer, Royal Field Artillery, 5th Brigade

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Ewen Fergus and Genevieve Louisa MacPHERSON
Of 'St. Elmo' Kurnell Street, Brighton-le-Sands, NSW

MACPHERSON.— Killed in action, France, August 11, 1916, Lieutenant Ewen Fergus Lord Macpherson, aged 25 years, eldest son of Mrs. and Mr. E. F. Macpherson, Newry, 4 Manning street, Waverley, grandson of the late Randolph Machattie, Bathurst, and late Captain Ewen Macpherson, Vol. Artillery, Newcastle, and great-grandson of the late Lieutenant Colonel Ewen Macpherson, 99th Gordon Highlanders, and Hon. Francis Lord, of North Sydney.

LIEUT. E. F. L. MACPHERSON.
Lieutenant E F L Macpherson, RFA, son of Mr E F Macpherson, of Manning Road Waverley, and formerly Brewarrina, was killed on August 11. He was 25 years of age, and left Australia as a private. He took part in the landing, and was invalided to London, where he gained a commission in the Artillery. He spent about 18 weeks at Ypres, where he was killed. Two brothers are at the front, Driver R G Macpherson and Private J Macpherson. Lieutenant Mac pherson was a grandson of the late Mr Randolph Machattie of Bathurst, and of Captain Macpherson, of Newcastle, and a greatgrandson of the late Lieut-Colonel Macpherson, 99th Gordon Highlanders, and of the late Mr. Francis Lord, of North Sydney.

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