Studio portrait of 6092 Private (Pte) Miller Maffaking Fergusson 27th Battalion. A labourer from ...

Accession Number H06458
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Studio portrait of 6092 Private (Pte) Miller Maffaking Fergusson 27th Battalion. A labourer from Southward, SA prior to enlistment, Pte Fergusson embarked with the 17th Reinforcements from Adelaide on HMAT Afric on 6 November 1916 having put his age up to 18. On 5 May 1917, aged 16, he died of wounds received in action and was buried in the Grevillers British Cemetery.