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PATTERSON, Archibald Frederick
(Service number 6/527)

Archibald Frederick Patterson, KIA 31 May 1915 at Gallipoli — (Courtesy of R Patterson )

Aliases
First Rank	Lance Corporal	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	29/10/1887	Place of Birth	Christchurch

Enlistment Information

Date	17 August 1914	Age	26 years 10 months
Address at Enlistment	Saint Elmo, Wai-iti Road, Timaru, New Zealand
Occupation	Clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	John James Patterson (father), Dannevirke, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

29 May 1915 - Gallaipoli - Wounded near Quinn's Post; died of his woundsa the following day at the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	30 May 1915	Age	27
Place of Death	Gallipoli, Turkey
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Beach Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey
Memorial Reference	I. J. 19.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Archibald Feederick Patterson, known as Fred, was the son of John James and L. Patterson, of Queen St., Dannevirke.

When he enlisted in 1914 he gave his address as St Elmo, Wai-iti Road, Timaru. His brother's address was 31 Wai-iti Road. Archibald was wounded on 29 May 1915 at Quinn's Post, Gallipoli, and died the following day.

Fred's younger brother William Patterson enlisted in the NZ Medical Corps

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [28 Dec 2013]; Military Record - Archives New Zealand, Wellington Office Item ID R20799428; SCRoll web submission by R Patterson, 2 August 2020

External Links

Researched and Written by

John Sutherland, SC branch NZSG; Tony Rippin, South Canterbury Museum

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