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Robert Gilbert Ernest PATTERSON

Regimental number2975
Place of birthTerang, Victoria
Place of birthGlenormiston, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDairyman
AddressGlenormiston South Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Robert Patterson, Glenormiston South Victoria
Enlistment date26 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 September 1918
Place of death or woundingDied in 41st CCS and buried at Proyart, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot IX, Row B, Grave No. 12), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Jemima PATTERSON, Bailey Street, Belmont, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother who was killed in action 29/7/18.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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