Eric Robert FERGUSON

Regimental number5079
Place of birthRepton New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressPitt Street, Mortdale, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, G R. Ferguson, Pitt Street, Mortdale, New South Wales
Enlistment date6 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Makarini on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 13 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 9), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Ross and Mary Jane FERGUSON, Pitt Street, Mortdale, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal