Alexander (Alex) PATERSON

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Other Name:	Patterson, Alexander - Service File
Service Numbers:	851, Officer
Enlisted:	13 March 1915, Helenavale, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Millbrex, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1890
Home Town:	Trayning, Trayning, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storekeeper / Post Officer Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery, Fleurbaix Row O. Grave 25
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Trayning War Memorial

13 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 851, Depot Battalion (AIF), Helenavale, Western Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 851, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 851, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
3 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion
17 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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