Charles Costello FERGUSON

Regimental number20980
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Ferguson, 9 Chamberlain Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 11th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 64 Devon on 25 September 1916
Medals

Military Medal

'For gallantry and good work at Messines on 7th June 1917. Though his three comrades had become casualties, and he had himself been slightly gassed, he worked under heavy shell fire, attending and collecting wounded until the last cases had been evacuated. He then collapsed, completely exhausted, and was ordered out by the Regimental Medical Officer.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 16 August 1917

SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 28

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