Fergus Ferguson was the third of four children. He was born in 27 Keppel Street, Carlton, Victoria on the 21st October, 1901.
Fergus, age 25, was working for the Railways as a Porter when decided to get married. On 26th January, 1927 he was married in his parents home at 12 Kensington Road, Kensington, Sydney, according to the Rites of the Seventh Day Adventist Church to 25 year old Beryl Jessie Freeman, who lived at 13 Australia Street, Newtown. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J.W. Kent.
Beryl was born in Armidale, N.S.W in 1902, the eldest of six children of Thomas Freeman, a gentleman of independent means, and his wife Grace Kirkwood. The family moved to Grafton in Northern N.S.W around 1905.
Fergus and Beryl (who was known as Phil) never had any children. They had been married for 12 years when the second World War broke out.
Fergus signed up (NX9816), and was shipped overseas. He was taken prisoner by the Germans in Crete and interned in one of their Stalags. His sister Linda paid for Red Cross parcels, but Fergus was unaware who had sent them, and would barter his cigarettes with the Germans for extra food.
He was one of the first prisoners to be exchanged at the end of the war. What should have been a happy homecoming turned sour when on arriving home found that his wife Beryl had deserted him. He obtained work as a tram guard but never got over his broken marriage. It is said that he died from a broken heart.
Fergus Ferguson Baird died on 3rd February 1944 at his sister Linda’s home, 56 Edward Street, Woollahra, from Pulmonary tuberculosis and acute pneumonia. Fergus was 42 years old. He was buried on 4th February, 1944 in the R.C. War Cemetery at Rookwood. (An Inquest into his death was dispensed with by J.A. Harris, S.M. City Coroner on 20th April, 1944) [1]
Fergus, age 25, was working for the Railways as a Porter when decided to get married. On 26th January, 1927 he was married in his parents home at 12 Kensington Road, Kensington, Sydney, according to the Rites of the Seventh Day Adventist Church to 25 year old Beryl Jessie Freeman, who lived at 13 Australia Street, Newtown. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J.W. Kent.
Beryl was born in Armidale, N.S.W in 1902, the eldest of six children of Thomas Freeman, a gentleman of independent means, and his wife Grace Kirkwood. The family moved to Grafton in Northern N.S.W around 1905.
Fergus and Beryl (who was known as Phil) never had any children. They had been married for 12 years when the second World War broke out.
Fergus signed up (NX9816), and was shipped overseas. He was taken prisoner by the Germans in Crete and interned in one of their Stalags. His sister Linda paid for Red Cross parcels, but Fergus was unaware who had sent them, and would barter his cigarettes with the Germans for extra food.
He was one of the first prisoners to be exchanged at the end of the war. What should have been a happy homecoming turned sour when on arriving home found that his wife Beryl had deserted him. He obtained work as a tram guard but never got over his broken marriage. It is said that he died from a broken heart.
Fergus Ferguson Baird died on 3rd February 1944 at his sister Linda’s home, 56 Edward Street, Woollahra, from Pulmonary tuberculosis and acute pneumonia. Fergus was 42 years old. He was buried on 4th February, 1944 in the R.C. War Cemetery at Rookwood. (An Inquest into his death was dispensed with by J.A. Harris, S.M. City Coroner on 20th April, 1944) [1]
Fergus Ferguson was the third of four children. He was born in 27 Keppel Street, Carlton, Victoria on the 21st October, 1901.
Fergus, age 25, was working for the Railways as a Porter when decided to get married. On 26th January, 1927 he was married in his parents home at 12 Kensington Road, Kensington, Sydney, according to the Rites of the Seventh Day Adventist Church to 25 year old Beryl Jessie Freeman, who lived at 13 Australia Street, Newtown. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J.W. Kent.
Beryl was born in Armidale, N.S.W in 1902, the eldest of six children of Thomas Freeman, a gentleman of independent means, and his wife Grace Kirkwood. The family moved to Grafton in Northern N.S.W around 1905.
Fergus and Beryl (who was known as Phil) never had any children. They had been married for 12 years when the second World War broke out.
Fergus signed up (NX9816), and was shipped overseas. He was taken prisoner by the Germans in Crete and interned in one of their Stalags. His sister Linda paid for Red Cross parcels, but Fergus was unaware who had sent them, and would barter his cigarettes with the Germans for extra food.
He was one of the first prisoners to be exchanged at the end of the war. What should have been a happy homecoming turned sour when on arriving home found that his wife Beryl had deserted him. He obtained work as a tram guard but never got over his broken marriage. It is said that he died from a broken heart.
Fergus Ferguson Baird died on 3rd February 1944 at his sister Linda’s home, 56 Edward Street, Woollahra, from Pulmonary tuberculosis and acute pneumonia. Fergus was 42 years old. He was buried on 4th February, 1944 in the R.C. War Cemetery at Rookwood. (An Inquest into his death was dispensed with by J.A. Harris, S.M. City Coroner on 20th April, 1944) [1]
Fergus, age 25, was working for the Railways as a Porter when decided to get married. On 26th January, 1927 he was married in his parents home at 12 Kensington Road, Kensington, Sydney, according to the Rites of the Seventh Day Adventist Church to 25 year old Beryl Jessie Freeman, who lived at 13 Australia Street, Newtown. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J.W. Kent.
Beryl was born in Armidale, N.S.W in 1902, the eldest of six children of Thomas Freeman, a gentleman of independent means, and his wife Grace Kirkwood. The family moved to Grafton in Northern N.S.W around 1905.
Fergus and Beryl (who was known as Phil) never had any children. They had been married for 12 years when the second World War broke out.
Fergus signed up (NX9816), and was shipped overseas. He was taken prisoner by the Germans in Crete and interned in one of their Stalags. His sister Linda paid for Red Cross parcels, but Fergus was unaware who had sent them, and would barter his cigarettes with the Germans for extra food.
He was one of the first prisoners to be exchanged at the end of the war. What should have been a happy homecoming turned sour when on arriving home found that his wife Beryl had deserted him. He obtained work as a tram guard but never got over his broken marriage. It is said that he died from a broken heart.
Fergus Ferguson Baird died on 3rd February 1944 at his sister Linda’s home, 56 Edward Street, Woollahra, from Pulmonary tuberculosis and acute pneumonia. Fergus was 42 years old. He was buried on 4th February, 1944 in the R.C. War Cemetery at Rookwood. (An Inquest into his death was dispensed with by J.A. Harris, S.M. City Coroner on 20th April, 1944) [1]
Inscription
Australian Infantry
2/Infantry Battalion
3rd February 1944 Age 43
His duty nobly done
Ever remembered by
His loving wife Beryl
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NX.9816
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