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PATTERSON, William Joseph Hedley
| Service Number: | 1717 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Williamstown, South Australia, 7 November 1896 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown (SA), Barossa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 11 September 1975, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Mount Barker Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Roll of Honor, Mount Crawford Roll of Honor, Williamstown St. Peter's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1717, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1717, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 1717, 48th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
William Joseph Hedley Patterson was born in 1897 in Williamstown, South Australia. This period of his life is less documented; however, like the other young men of his generation, he probably used to have local jobs and engaged in community activities before the war broke out.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on the 6th of March 1916 at Adelaide, South Australia. He was assigned to the 48th Australian Infantry Battalion and departed for overseas service aboard HMAT Aeneas (A60) on 11 April 1916.
He was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal and Awarded a Military Medal in 1917 for bravery and devotion to duty under fire. He was deployed in the 48th Battalion and was raised in Egypt on the 16th of March 1916 as part of the doubling of the AIF.
Patterson returned to Australia from England on 2 June 1919. He was discharged 28 August 1919. He died in 1975 is buried at North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth.
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