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Russell William FERGUSON

Regimental number2298
Place of birthBirregurra Victoria
SchoolCamperdown, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressKarangah Park, Poowong, South Gippsland, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Ferguson, Karangah Park, Poowong, South Gippsland, Victoria
Enlistment date--/3/1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll31 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name57th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/74/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 1 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 20 January 1917
Place of death or woundingBapaume, Somme Sector, France
Age at death25
Place of burialGuards' Cemetery (Plot VII, Row L, Grave No. 7), Lesboeufs, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: WIlliam and Alice FERGUSON, Warragul, Victoria. Native of Dean's March, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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