The AIF Project

George Harold FERGUSON

Regimental number28647
Place of birthSouth Melbourne Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarmer
AddressWarrnambool, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Ferguson, 451 Hay Street, Perth, Western Australia
Previous military service71st Infantry
Enlistment date20 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 10, Reinforcement 7
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/37/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 21 July 1917
Discharge date19 March 1918
Other details

War service: England

Embarked Melbourne, 25 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 23 December 1916, and marched into No 2 Cammp, Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery, Larkhill, and attached to Permant Staff.

Marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 1 June 1917.

Reverted to Driver from Temporary Bombardier, 3 June 1917.

Commenced return to Australia from Plymouth, 21 July 1917, for Home Service (vential hernia: infected scar from previous appendicitis operation); discharged (medically unfit), Melbourne, 19 March 1918.

Commenced return to Australia from Plymouth on board HT , 21 July 1917, for Home Service (vential hernia); discharged (medically unfit), Melbourne, 19 March 1918.
Miscellaneous detailsSee 903 George Harold FERGUSON for first enlistment and consolidated war record.
Date of death10 May 1919 11th Autralian General Hospital, Melbourne
Place of burialCoburg Cemetery, Victoria

Print format    


© The AIF Project 2024, UNSW Canberra. Not to be reproduced without permission.