Alastair Semple Burns PATERSON

PATERSON, Alastair Semple Burns

Service Numbers: 406461, W235049
Enlisted: 30 November 1939
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No.104 Squadron (RAF)
Born: 'Roselin', Luggiebank near Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 2 February 1919
Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Architectural Draughtsman
Died: Flying Battle, Middle East, 7 November 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery
Prot. Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Coll. grave 13.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 406461
30 Nov 1939: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W235049
30 Nov 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W235049
6 Dec 1940: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W235049
9 Dec 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 406461
9 Dec 1940: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 406461
7 Nov 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 406461, No.104 Squadron (RAF)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Alastair Semple Burns PATERSON was born at 'Roselin', Luggiebank near Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 2nd February, 1919

His parents were Gilbert Alexander PATERSON & Jessie Burns McINTYRE who married in Glasgow on 5th February, 1913 - the family arrived in Australia on 12th April, 1923 & lived in Perth, Western Australia

He served in both the Army and the RAAF during WW2 and died during a Flying Battle in the Middle East on 7th November, 1942

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His father Gilbert was a Captain in the British Navy during WW1 

His brother Donald Howie PATERSON (SN F402) served in the Royal Australian Navy during WW2 and died on 8th December, 1942

Another brother Gilbert Alexander PATERSON ( SN W54846) served during WW2 in the Army and was discharged in 1946

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