PATON, David
| Service Number: | 1211 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 January 1916, 4 years senior cadets, 2 years Citizens Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 9 January 1896 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 13 July 1965, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-26. 139. |
| Memorials: | Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll, Hope of Adamstown Tent No I.O.R. 76 |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1211, 35th Infantry Battalion, 4 years senior cadets, 2 years Citizens Infantry | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1211, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1211, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 16 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1211, 55th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, 3 x wounded in action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
60 years ago today, on the 15th July 1963, Private David Paton, 55th Battalion (Reg No-1211), miner from Dibbs Street, Adamstown, New South Wales and "Karoola", Eighth Street, Adamstown, N.S.W. (1932), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 67. ANGLICAN 1-26. 139.
Born at Adamstown, New South Wales on the 9th January 1896 to David and Barbara Paton; husband of Harriett Paton nee Luxford (married 1919, New Lambton, N.S.W., died 23.4.1932, age 34, sleeping here), David enlisted on the 7th January 1916 with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Admitted to hospital 1.4.1918 (myalgia, rheumatism).
Wounded in action 23.9.1917 (GSW head, face and back, severe), 2.9.1918 (GSW left arm, fractured humerus).
David was invalided home on the 31st January 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 16th August 1919.
Mr. Paton’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial, Adamstown Municipal District Roll of Honor, Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll, as D. PATTEN and the Adamstown Independent Order of Rechabites, Hope of Adamstown Tent No. 76 Honour Roll.
I have placed poppies at David’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Individual Memorial Wall Plaque placed at The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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