Regimental number | 272 |
Place of birth | Middle Swan, Western Australia |
School | Guildford Grammar School, Western Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | 16 Clifton Street, North Perth, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 8.5" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, C W Ferguson 16 Clifton Street, North Perth, Western Australia |
Previous military service | Served in the Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Guildford, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/15/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A47 Mashobra on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | R272 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Zag-a-Zig, Egypt |
Age at death | 26 |
Place of burial | Tel el Kebir War Memorial Cemetery (Grave No 71), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 7 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles William and Dora FERGUSON, 552 William Street, North Perth |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine Embarked Alexandria for Gallipoli, 16 May 1915. Sick to hospital, 15 August 1915 (influenza); transferred to Malta, 19 August 1915 (diarrhoea); reported 'dangerously ill', Commandeth, 2 September 1915; pronounced 'out of danger', 28 September 1915; transferred to England, and admitted to Fulham Military Hospital, 26 September 1915. Embarked on HS 'Salta', Gallipoli, 14 December 1915. Embarked from Military Hospital, Imtarfa, Malta, 15 December 1915; admitted to Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 18 December 1915 (enteric); transferred to Port Said Convalescent Camp, 28 December 1915. Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Commonwealth', 21 January 1916. Re-embarked with 9th Light Horse Regiment, 26th Reinforcements, 26 February 1917. Taken on strength, A Details, Moascar, 4 April 1917, and reverted to Trooper. Taken on strength of 3rd Light Horse Training Regiment, 23 April 1917; transferred to 10th Light Horse Regiment, Gamli, 9 May 1917. Admitted to 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, Marakeb, 3 August 1917 (debility); discharged to duty, 13 August 1917. Admitted to Port Said Rest Camp, 14 February 1918; rejoined unit, 26 February 1918. Appointed Lance Corporal, 31 March 1918. Admitted to Desert Mounted Corps Rest Ambulance, Jerusalem, 3 August 1918 (debility); transferred to Desert Mounted Corps Ambulance Station, 12 August 1918 (malaria); to 31st General Hospital, Abbassia, 16 August 1918; to Convalescent Depot, Boulac, 1 September 1918; discharged to AIF Headquarters on convalescent leave, 10 September 1918; tramsferred to 10th Light Horse Regiment, 19 September 1918; taken on strngth, 12 October 1918. Wounded in action, Zag-a-Zig, 18 March 1919 (gun shot wound, head), and admitted to 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance; died, 2400, 20 March 1919, of wounds received in action against rebels Egypt. Buried in Zag-a-Zig Cemetery, 21 March 1919; dusbsequently exhumed and reburied in Tel el Kebir Military Cemetery. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FERGUSON James Maxwell |