William FERGUSON

Regimental number6/3700
Date of birth1 May 1888
Place of birthInvercargill
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Height5' 7.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs T Ferguson, Bowmont Street, Invercargill
Previous military serviceNil
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 21 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Jane Ferguson, 49 Bowmont Street, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 8 February 1916; joined 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 8 March 1916.

Embarked for France, 7 April 1916.

Found guilty, 19 August 1916, of being absent without leave from roll call, 17 August 1916: forfeited 7 days' pay.

Reported missing in action, 21 September 1916; Court of Enquiry, 31 March 1917, confirmed fate as killed in action, 21 September 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 24
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805