Studio portrait of 1662 Gunner (Gnr) Douglas Harold Rygate Ferguson, 3rd Reinforcements, 13th ...

Accession Number P04082.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Date made c January 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.