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PATTERSON, Robert Gerald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 779 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 18, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 779, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 779, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 779, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was 220 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW
Son of Robert and Rebecca Patterson of 'Balfour', 53 Darby Road, Randwick, NSW. Brother of Richard Walter Patterson of 267 Glebe Point, Glebe, NSW who returned to Australia on 10 June 1919 having served with the 30th Battalion
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Served for 2 years with the school cadets