PATERSON, Ogilvie Brown
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Aberdeen, Scotland, 7 April 1885 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Store manager |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval Plot VII, Row E, Grave 24 (Remains discovered 1936) |
| Tree Plaque: |
Roma Heroes Avenue
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| Memorials: | Roma Presbyterian Church Honour Roll, Town of Roma and Shire of Bungil WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 Jan 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Jan 1916: | Embarked Lieutenant, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Ogilvie Brown Paterson came out to Australia from Scotland in 1905, at about 20 years of age. He seemed to have started a grocery business in Bundaberg. He enlisted as a Lieutenant.
He was killed in action on 29 July 1916, several Red Cross reports stated he was mortally wounded in the head, probably by a piece of shell shrpanel.
He was reported as missing on this date, and was not confirmed as killed in action until 3 September 1917, 14 months later. His body was not recovered and he was to be listed on the memorial at Villers-Bretonneux in France.
His remains were discovered during 1936, however this information did not appear to reach Australia until 1938. His identity was confirmed by the presence of his identity disc with his remains. The disc was forwarded to his brother in Queensland, John William Paterson, who was also a returned AIF soldier.
Paterson was reinterred in the London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, Picardie, France.