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PATERSON, Leonard

Service Number:	22213
Enlisted:	17 August 1915
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
Born:	Quorn, South Australia, 30 March 1894
Home Town:	Saltia, South Australia
Schooling:	Port Augusta Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Locomotive engine cleaner
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 25 September 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Peterborough 'LOCO' S.A.R. Roll of Honor, Terowie War Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 22213
20 May 1916:	Involvement Driver, 22213, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 May 1916:	Embarked Driver, 22213, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Son of Ruth Harrison and John Paterson