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PATTERSON, William Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4463 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Buangor, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Daylesford, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium - Broodseinde Ridege, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium (‘B’ Coy - buried between road running through D.28° and main road in D.29 (Sht 28) few hundred yards SE of Zonnebeke ), Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4463, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4463, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 23 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4463, 23rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 4463, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4463 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
Personal Stories
Family
Son of Margaret and William
Brother of Oscar, Mary, Margaret, George, William, Charles, Henry
Died at 23
From Buangor, Victoria
Submitted 6 June 2017 by j s
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