Charles Arthur FERGUSON

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FERGUSON, Charles Arthur

Other Name:	O'GRADY, Patrick Emmett - Birth Name
Service Numbers:	660, 1833
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted in NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dublin, Ireland, 1879
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 18 April 1947, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ - 7- 83 - 56.
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 660, Mining Corps, Enlisted in NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, From Mining Corps
11 May 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 660, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District
8 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1833, 38th Infantry Battalion
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 1833, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 1833, 38th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
27 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Machine Gun Company, From 38th Battalion, in England
28 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion, From 10th Machine Gun Company
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1833, 38th Infantry Battalion, Buried by a shell explosion
15 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1833, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to neurasthenia as a result of having been buried by a shell explosion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- Sailors' Home, Port Melbourne, Victoria

Son of Mary O'Grady of Marys Island, Wexford, Ireland.

Previously served with the Union of South Africa Artillery.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 February 1918 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 11 October 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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