
PATERSON, Harold James
Service Numbers: | 2102, 1174 |
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Enlisted: | 28 September 1914, Melbourne, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia , 1893 |
Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Cycle Mechanic |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey Panel 27 |
Memorials: | City of Brunswick Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
28 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2102, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2102, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Killed in Action | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 1174 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of J W & Louisa Ann PATERSON of 9 Davis Street, North Brunswick, Vic.
PATERSON.—In loving memory of our only son, Private Harold James Paterson, killed in action in the landing at Gallipoli, 25th April, 1915 (previously reported missing).
Killed in action, says the cable:
That is all the tale they tell
Of the brave young lad who loved us.
Of the lad we loved so well.
—Inserted by his loving mother and father, 9 Davis street West, North Brunswick.
PATERSON.—In fond remembrance of my dear brother, Harold James Paterson, killed in action at Gallipoli, 25th April, 1915 (previously reported missing).
You are always in my thoughts, dear Harold,
It is sweet to speak your name;
In life I loved you dearly,
In death I do the same.
—Inserted by his loving sister, Hilda.
PATERSON.—In loving memory of my darling brother, Private James Paterson, killed in action in the landing of Gallipoli on the 25th April, 1915 (previously reported missing).
A faithful brother, true and kind,
No one on earth like him you'll find.
Three years have passed but none can tell
The loss of a brother I loved so well.
—Inserted by his sister and brother-in-law, Lill and Will Wakeum, 27 Loch-street, Coburg.
PATERSON.—In loving memory of our dear brother, Harold James Paterson, killed in action on the 25th April, 1915.
It is sweet to be remembered,
And this our wish will show,
We hold you still in memory
As the years they come and go.
Thou art not forgotten,
Nor ever wilt thou be,
As long as life and memory last,
We will remember thee.
—Inserted by his loving sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. S. G. James.