The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Ferguson
- First Name:
- Reginald Paul
- Nick Name:
- Reg
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX7999
- Company:
- 'D'Company Headquarters
- Enlisted:
- 13.08.1940
- DOB:
- 8.03.1913
- Place of Birth:
- Toodyay, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Robert Lewis Ferguson
- Mothers's Name:
- Ada May Ferguson
- Religion:
- Church of England
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Labourer
- Memorial:
- Epitaph, Labuan Memorial, Panel 18, Age 32.
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp Changi
- Force:
- 'B' Force Borneo
- POW#:
- 692
- Cause of Death:
- Acute Intestinalitis
- Place of Death:
- Ranau No1 Camp
- Date of Death:
- 23.03.1945
- Buried:
- Ranau
General Description
Reg Ferguson married in Northam 1937 to Ivy Lawler.
Ivy & Reg Ferguson with daughters Daphne & Pauline with ‘Gunner’
Reg enlisted AIF 13 Aug 1940 later joining 2/4th MGB’s ‘D’ Company No. 15 Platoon under Commanding Officer Lt. Meiklejohn. Please read further about this platoon
He was shell shocked at Ulu Pandan and evacuated on 12/2/1942.
Also read about Hill 200, Ulu Pandan.
Reg volunteered to leave with ‘B’ Force Borneo which sailed to Sandakan from Singapore. Please read further about ‘B’ Force and the notorious Sandakan.
The old Toodyay Gaol, at one time home to the Dorrizi family, is today the Toodyay Museum which has dedicated one of the former gaol cells to 3 Dorrizi boys and Reginald Paul Ferguson recording the history of their local ‘sons’.
They did not return to their beloved Australia, their homes and families in Toodyay.
Kings Park Avenue of Honour
Camp Locations:
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Ranau - Borneo
