Edward Hunt PATEN

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PATEN, Edward Hunt

    Service Numbers: 5101, 5101A
    Enlisted: 13 December 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 49th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Brisbane, Queensland, 1897
    Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Brisbane Boys Grammar School, Queensland
    Occupation: Jackaroo
    Died: Killed in Action, Ploegsteert, Belgium, 15 July 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane Grammar School Memorial Library WW1 Honour Board 2, Enoggera Shire Council Roll of Honour WW1, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), The Gap War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 5101, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane
    4 May 1916: Involvement Private, SN 5101, 25th Infantry Battalion
    4 May 1916: Embarked Private, SN 5101, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
    23 Sep 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion, In the England
    15 Oct 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 31st Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 25th Battalion to the 31st Battalion in the field Letter 'A' now added to his number making it 5101A
    26 Oct 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, SN 5101A, 31st Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the shoulder and evacuated to England on 2 November 1916
    22 Feb 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 31st Battalion to the 49th Battalion in the field
    15 Jul 1917: Involvement Lance Corporal, SN 5101A, 49th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Jesse and Eliza Hunt Paten of 'Walton', Ashgrove, Brisbane, QLD; brother of Sister Eunice Muriel Paten who served with the Royal Red Cross and Sister Pearl Paten who served with the Australian Army Nursing Service

    Medals; British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Prior to enlistment he had served with the Citizen Military Forces

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