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Robert FERGUSON

Regimental number5087
Place of birthNew Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
SchoolCastle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia29
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressTownsville, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Tweedie, Marl Street, Castle Douglas Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Previous military serviceServed in the South African Wars and on the Indian Frontier.
Enlistment date25 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 July 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death43
Place of burialMessines Ridge British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 50), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
75
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Margaret Tweedie FERGUSON, Mart Street, Castle Douglas, Kirkeudbrightshire, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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