Fergus Douglas GILMOUR

Regimental number26/1597
Date of birth11 November 1890
Place of birthQueenstown
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationRailway clerk
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 6.5"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinFather, Thomas Gilmour, Balclutha, Southland
Previous military serviceServed in Railway Engineers; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date7 January 1916
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 2nd Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
Final rankCorporal
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 1 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialTrois Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row X, Grave No 16), Steenwerck, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: the late Thomas and Nancy Hall Gilmour, Queenstown
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 1 April 1916; disembarked Suez, 2 May 1916; reverted to the ranks, 6 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 27 May 1916; marched into NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 9 June 1916.

Joined 4th Bn, and posted to D Company, in the field, 30 July 1916.

Wounded in action, 15 September 1916 (gun shot wound, knee), and admitted to 1/1 Casualty Clearing Station, 16 September 1916; transferred to No 6 Convalescent Depot, Etaples, 23 September 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 3 October 1916.

Promoted Corporal, 4 October 1916.

Admitted to No 8 Casualty Clearing Station, 13 October 1916 (influenza); transferred to 35th General Hospital, Calais, 16 October 1916; marched into NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 13 November 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 23 November 1916.

Detached to NZ Working Bn, 20 April 1917; rejoined unit from detachment, 19 May 1917.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 17 July 1917; transferred same day to No 2 Casualty Clearing Station.

Died of wounds, 1 August 1917 (bomb wound, head; contributing cause: lobar pneumonia).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 11
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805