FERGUSSON, Emmerson Hans Alexander
(Service number 6/1530)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 27/11/1892 | Place of Birth | Woodbury, South Canterbury |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | Woodbury, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Bushman for J. Scott | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Daniel Fergusson (Father), Woodbury, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 3rd Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 14 February 1915 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
| Other Units Served With | Ex-4th Reinforcements (Nominal Roll notes) | ||
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Military Awards
| Campaigns | Western Europe 1917-18 | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 1971 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | London, UK | ||
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Biographical Notes
Served twice. Initially discharged on 21 April 1915, but went back into service in 1917.
Emerson's death was registered in Hounslow, West London, in the last quarter of 1971
Sources
Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015); Military personnel file via Archives New Zealand (January 2015); SCROll submission by T Brosnahan, 26 March 2022; England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 via Ancestry.com.au [28 March 2022]
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