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PATERSON, Francis Milton
Personal Details
Service Number: | 775 |
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Enlisted: | 1 October 1914, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1892 |
Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Schooling: | Christian Brothers School, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Occupation: | Station Overseer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 14 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 48, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
1 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 775, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 775, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 775, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
14 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 775, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 775 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Francis James and Agnes Jane Paterson of West Street, Toowoomba, QLD
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal