Donald James Alexander FERGUSON

Regimental number7/1614
Addressc/o R Wilson and Co, Timaru
Marital statusMarried
Next of kinWife, Mrs D J A Ferguson, 25 Maltby Street, Timaru
Previous military serviceServed in the South African War.
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankTrooper
Final unitCanterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1917
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialBeersheba War Cemetery (Row Q, Grave No 55), Palestine
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Donald and Mary A. Ferguson, Timaru; Wife: M.F. Ferguson, 423 Madras Street, North St Albans, Christchurch
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Seventh

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