PATTERSON D.

Given Names:  Douglas Alexander

Service Number:  37585

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade, 30th reinforcements                                                              

Rank:  Gunner 

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Age:  24 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Estate Agent                                                                                              

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  11 In                   

Weight:  173 Lbs

Chest:  35-38 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  26/2/1917

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Thomas Alexander Patterson

15 Barry Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  9/11/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Port Sydney A15

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ypringa  

Embarked:  5/11/1919                               

Disembarked:  9/1/1920

Unit:  Artillery Details                                                                                                                    

Rank:  2nd Corporal

Discharge Date:  13/6/1920                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  69910

Victory Medal:  Not earned

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  20/11/1893

Place:  Preston, Victoria                          

Father:  Thomas Alexander PATTERSON 

Mother:  Isabella MITCHELL

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 15/4/1970                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Originally enlisted 8/7/1915 and discharged as medically unfit due to gallstones

Non military employment 9/7/1919 to 9/10/1919

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Trinity Grammar

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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