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John PATERSON

Regimental number4256
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Address7 Dimbolla Street, Kensington, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation41
Height5' 2.5"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Margaret Dickson Paterson, 7 Dimbolla Street, Kensington, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 December 1915
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Mongolia on 9 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Pioneer Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 5 April 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Isabella PATERSON
Discharge date11 July 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength of 4th Pioneer Bn, Serapeum, 16 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 4 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 11 June 1916

Wounded in action, 3 August 1916, and admitted to No 14 Casualty Clearing Station the same day (shrapnel wound, right leg); transferred to No 23 Ambulance Train, 4 August 1916; to No 4 General Hospital, Camiers, 4 August 1916; to England, 7 August 1916; to No 2 Northern General Hospital, Leeds; to General Infirmary, Leeds, 11 September 1916.

Marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs 13 February 1917.

Marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 24 March 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Barambah', 8 April 1917; disembarked Adelaide, 5 June 1917; discharged Adelaide (medically unfit), 11 July 1917.

Total war service: 1 year 196 days (of which 1 year 70 days was abroad).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death28 August 1923
Age at death48
Place of burialAIF Cemetery (Row 5, Grave No. West 3), West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, PATERSON John

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