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PATTERSON, Owen
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 3121, 3221 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 21 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3121, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
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| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3121, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 21 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 3221, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3221 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-21 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Tserkezidis
Owen Patterson was one of eleven children of Robert Patterson and Martha Jane Patterson (nee Amy) who lived at 11 Coventry Place South Melbourne Victoria.
Of five brothers in the Patterson family, four enlisted for WW1 service (Robert, Alfred, Albert and Owen) and sadly Owen Patterson died of wounds on 21 April 1917 during the Battle of Lagnicourt in Northern France.