PATERSON, Gordon Victor
| Service Number: | 18720 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Glasgow, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Haberfield, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Prince Henry Hospital, 27 August 1947, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Pbn JJ 0040 |
| Memorials: | New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis), Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 18720, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 11 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 18720, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 18720, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Gordon was born in Glasgow in 1890, and was the seventh son of Mr. John Paterson, now residing at Croydon. Arriving in Australia about 10 years ago he entered the service of the Sydney Morning Herald on January 4, 1914, being empolyed in the engineering department.
He enlisted in January 1915, in the Field Artillery as a Gunner, but was soon promoted to the rank of Bombadier. He took part in a considerable number of important engagements, including the fighting at Messines and Armentieres, and was gassed, which necessitated hosptial treatment for four months. Then he joined the Australian Flying Corps as a second rate mechanic, being graded within a few months as a first class mechanic. On August 21, 1918 he met with a severe accident, being struck by an aeroplane propellar, which smashed his arm and leg, besides causing other injuries.
He returned to Australia in May 1919.
PATERSON Gordon Victor.-August 22 1947, at Prince Henry Hospital, Gordon Victor Paterson, of 199 Homer Street Earlwood and late of "Sydney Morning Herald," dearly beloved husband of Elsie, loved father of Ialeen and Kenneth, father-in-law of John and Joan, and grandfather of Vicki Richards, aged 56 years.
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