James PATON

PATON, James

    Service Number: 2385
    Enlisted: 10 July 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 29th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Paisley, Scotland, date not yet discovered
    Home Town: Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carpenter
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Jul 1915: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2)
    14 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 2385, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
    14 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 2385, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
    5 Feb 1918: Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), 2385, 29th Infantry Battalion, Private Paton returned to Australia on 5.11.1917 suffering from Neurasthenia (Shell Shock) and was discharged on the 5th of February 1918

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    Biography contributed by Dennis Tocock

    Sometime after the war James Paton moved to the Inglewood area of Victoria.

    In about 1990 his British War Medal and dog tags were purchased at a garage sale in Inglewood.

    The medals are currently on display at the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum, Cairns in the hope that one day they will be re-claimed by the family.

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