Ian Bruce Ferguson

Colonel Ian Bruce Ferguson DSO, MC was an officer in the Australian Army who served in World War II and the Korean War.

Ferguson was born onApril 1917 in Wellington, New Zealand, the only child of DArcy Stuart Ferguson and Ethel May, ne Rattray. His parents divorced and he lived with his mother. His mother later married Sydney Wren, who worked for Reuters. His education was varied as he travelled with his mother and step father, attending schools in Wellington, Melbourne, London, Paris and Dunedin. After completing his education he working as a cadet journalist in Wellington. Upon the declaration of World War II, he was working with the newspaper the Sydney Sun.

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