Samuel James PATCHING

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Service Number:	2737
Enlisted:	3 August 1916, Enlisted at Braodmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1881
Home Town:	Great Western, Northern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Plot XL11, Row B, Grave 3 Headstone inscription reads: Sweet is the remembrance of a loved one gone to rest, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Great Western War Memorial

3 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2737, 58th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Braodmeadows, Victoria
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2737, 58th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2737, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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Son of John Patching and Harriet Ann Patching nee Brudenell of Great Western, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal