FERGUSON, John Stephen
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
Born: | Sydney, Australia,, 24 November 1891 |
Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Fort Street High School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Architect |
Died: | Died of wounds, 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, South London, United Kingdom, 27 July 1916, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Kensal Green (St. Mary's) Roman Catholic Cemetery, England Australian. C. 2459. INSCRIPTION - WITH US HIS MEMORY EVER LIVES HE FOUGHT A NOBLE FIGHT |
Memorials: | Motherwell War Memorial, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
11 Dec 1915: | Involvement 1st Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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11 Dec 1915: | Embarked 1st Field Company Engineers, RMS Mooltan, Sydney | |
27 Jul 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 14th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-07-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 24 and the son of John Alexander and Victoria Elizabeth Ferguson, of 69, George St., Sydney, New South Wales.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is remembered on the Motherwell War Memorial in Scotland but his connection to this town is not known.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
LIEUTENANT JOHN STEPHEN FERGUSON is another old boy who has joined the great majority. He was seriously wounded in France, and then taken to London, where he died under an anaesthetic. He was accorded a military funeral, which left the residence of his uncle Mr. J. M. Stevens, of London. Lieutenant Ferguson was an architect and engineer by profession.