Accession Number | P04082.004 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c January 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 1662 Gunner (Gnr) Douglas Harold Rygate Ferguson, 3rd Reinforcements, 13th ...
Description
Studio portrait of 1662 Gunner (Gnr) Douglas Harold Rygate Ferguson, 3rd Reinforcements, 13th Battalion, of Wellington, NSW. Gnr Ferguson enlisted on 27 January 1915 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Seang Choon on 11 February 1915. Gnr Ferguson was wounded whilst serving at Anzac Cove. In early 1916 he was transferred to the 37th Battery, 4th Divisional Artillery. He was killed in action on 23 April 1917 in France.