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PATTERSON, James Benjamin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 806 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 14 January 1901 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Dromana, Victoria, Australia, 2 September 1876 |
| Home Town: | Dromana, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School teacher |
| Died: | Natal, South Africa, 1952, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 806, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
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| 14 Jan 1901: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 806, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
| 15 Feb 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 806, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, SS Orient | |
| 28 Jan 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 806, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Discharged at own request |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
School teacher, James Patterson was granted 12 months leave of absence from the Vic Education Dept to go and fight in the Boer War, but he resigned his position and remained in South Africa after the war and married Lilian Eloise Mitchell.
It is believed he may have served with a South African unit in WW1 as he was listed on the Dromana & District WW1 Honor Roll post war (and he didn't serve in the AIF).
He died in Natal, South Africa in 1952.
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