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Alan Robert Ferguson

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Gravestone of Warrant Officer Alan Robert Ferguson, Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne. Image kindly provided by Carol Foster (2021).

Gravestone of Warrant Officer Alan Robert Ferguson, Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne. Image kindly provid …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alan Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Ferguson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • Malaya 37143 AWMM
    • Borneo 37143 AWMM
    • X37143 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 August 1938 Cemetery Record
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine Mona - Other relative - 15 June 2022 - Family research
  • Birth notes
    Eldest child/son of George (Joe) & Myrtle Ferguson of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Other relative - 15 June 2022 - Family research
  • Address before enlistment
    Kaiti Beach, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Other relative - 15 June 2022 - Family research
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    single
    1963 Alan Ferguson married Hira Celia STIRLING Public - Lorraine Mona - Other relative - 15 June 2022 - Family research

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 June 2015 Cemetery Record
    Age 76 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM Plot 119, Block RSA32 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 18 May-1 October 1965, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.151-156 AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from information kindly provided by the New Zealand Malaya Veterans Association. AWMM
    • Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing AWMM
    • 1st Battalion - New Zealand Regiment - Historical Records - General, July 1957-1959, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ADRC 17588 2/1/1 (R17928162). AWMM
    • Clamp, B., Clamp, D., & 1st Battalion the New Zealand Regiment (1957-59) Association. (2007). 1st battalion the New Zealand regiment (1957-59) association 50th anniversary: the first of the first. B. Clamp. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM

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05 September 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Other relative

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