Alexander Burns Ferguson

Forenames

Alexander Burns AWMM

Surname

Ferguson AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

9 Oct 1900 AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Navy AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 Royal Navy AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sub Lieutenant AWMM
Royal Navy, HMS Veronica AWMM

Son of Mr A. M. Ferguson

Noted by McKenzie as listed in " National War List in Wellington"

In September 1918 was a Midshipman in battleship HMS Renown Drowned in Darwin & buried there but body exhumed & returned to Auckland where it was buried in St Andrew's Church Epsom, Auckland age 19 - headstone has date at 12 July

Next of Kin: Mrs A. M. Ferguson, Remuera, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

14 Jul 1920 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM

Cemetery

St Andrew's Churchyard, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Plot 122 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy. (n.d.). Roll of honour World War One.
  https://navymuseum.co.nz/explore/by-themes/world-war-one/roll-of-honour/
  Further Reference

References

• McKenzie, R. (1970). And quiet now their rest. Wellington N.Z.: Government Printer.
• McKenzie, R. (1970). And quiet now their rest. Wellington N.Z.: Government Printer.
  McKenzie, R. (1970). p. 50
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.
• Wright, G. C. (2015). For king and country : the biographies of New Zealand’s WW1 naval casualties. [Auckland] : [Gerry Wright].