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PATTERSON, Sydney Lewis

Service Number:	612
Enlisted:	10 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Portland, Victoria, 30 November 1894
Home Town:	Portland, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fisherman
Died:	Natural causes, Portland, Victoria, 23 September 1957, aged 62 years
Cemetery:	Portland Cemetery, Glenelg Shire, Victoria, Australia,
Memorials:	Portland Wesley Church of Portland Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

10 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 612, Melbourne, Victoria
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 612, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 612, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
10 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion
23 Nov 1916:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Sergeant Patterson was mentioned in dispatches by Field Marshall Haig on 09th March 1917
22 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant Major, 29th Infantry Battalion
7 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 612, 29th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
14 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 612, 29th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood
26 Sep 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, Polygon Wood, Lieutenant Patterson was awarded the Military Cross which was proclamated in the London Gazette on 03/06/1918 and the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 07/11/1918
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, GSW (right jaw)
9 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, 2nd occasion - GSW (left arm)
12 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion, The 29th Battalion was disbanded and amalgamated with the 32nd Battalion due to mounting casualties at 11.00am on 12th October 1918, four weeks prior to armistice day on 11th November 1918.
15 Oct 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 612, 32nd Infantry Battalion

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