| Regimental number | 2821 |
| Place of birth | Minmi New South Wales |
| School | Minmi and Hamilton, New South Wales |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Butcher |
| Address | Merewether, via Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 25 |
| Next of kin | Father, R Ferguson, Minnie Street, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 4th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/21/3 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 56th Battalion |
| Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal Recommendation date: |
| Fate | Died of wounds |
| Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
| Age at death | 27 |
| Place of burial | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row C, Grave No. 9), Belgium |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 162 |
| Medals |
Military Medal 'Near GUEDECOURT, this N.C.O. who is in charge of the Company Lewis Guns, on 4th December, 1916, during which the Platoon to which he was attached was being relieved by a Platoon of the 55th Battalion, noticed one of the men belonging to the relief fall into a shell hole, apparently wounded through hostile machine gun fure. Sergeant FERGUSON jumped out of the fire trench and went over to the supposed casualty, but finding that the man had merely taken a precautionary measure commenced to make his way back to the fire trench, when he discovered that another man of the relief was bogged in an old communication trench close by. He went back, still under fire, and, at personal risk, extricated the second man from the rt to front line, he did splendid work on several occasions. On one occasion three of his party became casualties and he volunteered to go back and bring up the rations. This he carried out successfully under very heavy shell fire. The effect of his conduct on his men was inspiring throughout.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 133 Date: |
| Other details | Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
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