Colonel Ian Bruce Ferguson

Service number NX2654, 237507
Ranks Held Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Captain, Temporary Major
Birth Date 13/04/1917
Birth Place New Zealand: North Island, Wellington, Wellington
Death Date 21/12/1988
Death Place Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
Final Rank Colonel
Service Australian Army
Units
  • 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
  • 7 Division
Places
Event Kapyong
Conflicts/Operations
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Korean War, 1950-1953

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Timeline

Date of birth 13/04/1917
Other units 1940 2/2nd Battalion.
Date commissioned 1940 Lieutenant.
Other units 1946 - 1950 British Commonwealth Occupation Force.
Other units 1951 - 1951 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment.
Other 1962 - 1967 Joint Secretary, Joint Planning Committee and Chiefs of Staff Committee.
Other 1967 Retired.
Date of death 21/12/1988