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Herbert Richard PATTERSON

Regimental number2763
Place of birthTasmania
SchoolCatholic School, Tasmania
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFireman
Address65 Upper Queen Street, North Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinBrother, Orlando Joseph Patterson, 65 Upper Queen Street, North Hobart, Tasmania
Enlistment date17 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/14/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A10 Karroo on 18 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 22 December 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 13), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Edward and Mary Winifred PATTERSON, Cascadis Cottage, 32 Warringa Road, Sydney, New South Wales. Native of Hobart, Tasmania~

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