FERGUSON  Bannerman Allen

 Service No. 6776   15th Battalion 22nd Reinforcements

Born : 8th January 1891 Woodhill

Died : 4th May 1965  Beaudesert

Buried :  Gleneagle Cemetery                            Aged : 73 years 8 months 4 days

Parents : John Gray and Mary Ellen nee Hopkins

Wife : Mary Jane nee Jones (Jean)

Enlisted :                  20th October 1916 Brisbane 

Embarked :               17th November 1916 HMAT Kyarra  from Brisbane 

Armistice Day 1918 : 1st Southern Hospital France

Promoted Lance Corporal 4th September 1918 while in France Fergs.

Returned to Australia 14th January 1919 Karmala

 Medals : British War Medal                24837

             Victory Medal                      23933

Connection : Hopkins Pioneer Family

Memorials : Beaudesert War Memorial                                               

                 Logan Village Museum Honour Roll 

                 Woodhill Cenotaph                                                         

                 Virtual War Memorial Australia 

                 Beaudesert Methodist Church Honour Roll                         

                 Discovering ANZACS National Library Australia 

                 The Soldiers & Nurses of the Beaudesert District in WW1 1914-1919 David Mason

                               

     

FERGUSON  Charles John 

Service No. 37324    Field Artillery Brigade                   

Born : 22nd December 1889 Woodhill

Died : 2 March 1969   Glen Eagle     (79 years 2 months 8 days)

Buried : Mt Thompson Crematorium

Parents : John Gray and Mary Ellen nee Hopkins

Wife : May Eveline nee Kittle

 Enlisted :                  11th January 1917

Embarked :                5th November 1917 Port Sydney

Armistice Day 1918 :  France

Returned to Australia 6th September 1919 Friedrichshuh

Medals : British War Medal      31888

             Victory Medal            30014

Connection : Hopkins Pioneer Family

Memorials :   The Soldiers & Nurses of the Beaudesert District in WW1 1914-1919 David Mason. 

                    Woodhill Cenotaph                                     

                   Virtual War Memorial Australia 

                    Logan Village Museum Honour Roll               

                     Discovering ANZACS National Library  Australia 

There are poppies picked from the battle fields of Flanders by Charles John Ferguson in 1918.  These are at the Beaudesert Museum.

 

 

FERGUSON   Joseph Hugh 

Service No. : 1885 11th Light Horse 11th Reinforcements

Born : 18th October 1895

Died : 14th October 1955

Buried :  Woodhill Cemetery 

Aged : 59 years 11 months 26 days

Parents: John Gray and Mary Ellen nee Hopkins

Wife : June Elizabeth nee Wix

Enlisted :                   22nd April 1916

Embarked :                22nd July 1916 RMS Malwa

Returned to Australia  30th August 1918 Karmala  

Medals : British War Medal      19495

                Victory Medal         19007 

Connection : Descendant of the Hopkins Pioneer family Jimboomba

Memorials :  The Soldiers & Nurses of the Beaudesert District in WW1 1914-1919 David Mason 

                          Beaudesert War Memorial                                     

                      Woodhill War Memorial

                      Logan Village Museum Honour Roll                       

                      Virtual War Memorial Australia

                      Discovering ANZACS National Library Australia.