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William Ferguson MacPherson

Regimental number2644
Place of birthSt James Victoria
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationMachinery assembler
Address258 Cleveland Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jean Wilson MacPherson, Home Hostel, Wagga, New South Wales
Previous military service34th Infantry
Enlistment date15 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Pioneer Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/13/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 August 1916
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialBelgian Battery Corner Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 3), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
171
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Angus and Jean MACPHERSON, Mandurama, New South Wales. Native of St. James, Victoria

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