Malcolm Eric PATERSON

Place of birthPerth, Western Australia
SchoolScotch College, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationAccountant
AddressSubiaco, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs D A Paterson, 211 Roberts Road, Subiaco, Western Australia
Enlistment date4 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll14 April 1916
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name28th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 29 January 1917
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (JPlot I, Row E, Grave No. 20), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
114
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Antony and Lucy PATERSON; husband of Dorothy PATERSON, Darlington< Western Australia. Native of Perth, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal