Forenames

Adam George Elphinstone AWMM

Surname

Ferguson AWMM

Also known as

George AWMM

Service number

WWI 48711 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

7 Jun 1893 Military personnel file

Address before enlistment

WW1 Te Aroha West, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Walter Ferguson (father), Te Aroha West, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 48711 AWMM

Medals and Awards

British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 12 Jan 1917 Military Personnel file
Age  24 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian Military Personnel file

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Apr 1917-19 Jul 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 83 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Rifleman AWMM 25th Reinforcements, J Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM

Youngest son of Walter and Jessie Ferguson, of Herriesville, Te Aroha.

He was always know as George.

Next of Kin: Mr W. Ferguson, Herriesville, Te Aroha (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

3 Jan 1918 Military Personnel file
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XII. J. 1. AWMM

Memorial name

• Te Aroha First World War Memorial, Kenrick Street, Te Aroha. AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21002449
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/457990/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/457990
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  62: 35
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 83 - The kiwi : being the official organ of A.D.E.F. and part of J. Companies (Right Wing, 25th N.Z. Reinforcements). Carncross, C.C. (Cyril Cutten), editor. -- On board ship Cape Town : Printed and published by "The Kiwi executive" Cape Times Ltd. : [1917]