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PATTERSON, Alexander
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 851, 3259 |
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Enlisted: | 16 March 1916, Enlisted at Broken Hill, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Alma Plains, South Australia, Australia, 1871 |
Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Station Hand |
Died: | Heart failure, Keswick Military Hospital, South Australia, Keswick, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 26 May 1916 |
Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) Road 5, Path 1, Site 43 West Side Grant expires 3 September 2066, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Nov 1915: | Involvement 851, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
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18 Nov 1915: | Embarked 851, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
16 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3259, Enlisted at Broken Hill, New South Wales | |
26 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 3259, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3259 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-05-26 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Rosetta Olive Patterson of Broken Hill, NSW; father of Margaret Agnes Patterson and Robert Alexander