Stanley Duncan PATERSON

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PATERSON, Stanley Duncan

Service Numbers:	766, 255
Enlisted:	12 October 1914
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	3rd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Parattah, Tasmania, Australia , 20 December 1897
Home Town:	Glenorchy, Glenorchy, Tasmania
Schooling:	Glenorchy State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in action, Gallipoli, 19 May 1915, aged 17 years
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Special Memorial B. 9.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenorchy State School Roll of Honour, Oatlands Soldiers Memorial, Plenty 1914-18 Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

12 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 766, 3rd Field Company Engineers
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Sapper, 766, 3rd Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Sapper, 766, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
19 May 1915:	Involvement Sapper, 255, 3rd Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 255 awm_unit: 3rd Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1915-05-19

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Stanley Duncan Paterson was born at Parattah, Tasmania, in December 1897. He was employed as a clerk in Hobart when he enlisted in the AIF on 12 October 1914, claiming to be 'nearly 18'. He was actually 16 years and 11 months on enlistment. His mother gave written permission for him to enlist in the 'clerical branch' of the Expeditionary Force.

After initial training Paterson was assigned as a sapper, to the 3rd Field Company Engineers. They landed at Gallipoli in April 1915 and Paterson was killed at Quinns Post on 19 May 1915 during the big Turkish attack on the Australian positions.

His mother later filled in a roll of honour circular in which she stated that he had been 17 years and 6 months old when he died.

Paterson's brother, Colin Campbell Paterson, was also killed in the war, on 16 April 1917, while serving with 10 Field Artillery Brigade in France, during the Second Battle of Bullecourt.

They were the sons of Colin and Mary Paterson of Glenorchy, Hobart, Tasmania.

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