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PATERSON, James Hay
(Service number 2/1937)

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Birth

Date 2 October 1885 Place of Birth Winchester

Enlistment Information

Date 17 May 1915 Age 29
Address at Enlistment Kurunui, Winchester, New Zealand
Occupation Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin John Paterson (brother), Winchester, Canterbury, New Zealand
Religion Presbyterian
Medical Information Height: 5ft 8in. 156lb. Brown hair, grey eyes.

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 5th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship New Zealand Field Artillery
Date
Transport HMNZT 24 Maunganui
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns Egyptian (1915-1916); Egyptian Expeditionary Force (1916); Western European (1916-1918)
Service Medals 1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
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Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date 13 May 1919 Reason Termination of period of engagement

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date Age
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Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Centopath database ( 9 August 2015); Military personnel file (9 August 2015)

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