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George Frederick PATTEN

Regimental number2818
Date of birth16 April 1891
Place of birthQuorn, South Australia
SchoolQuorn Public School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressQuorn, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs K Patten, Quorn, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 21 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Brigade
FateKilled in Action 28 August 1916
Place of death or woundingnear Ypres, Belgium
Age at death25.4
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialDickebusch New Military Cemetery (Row L, Grave 7), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Quorn Cemetery, South Australia. Photo: Peter Dennis. Parents: Charles and Catherine Mary PATTEN, Gawler, South Australia. Native of Quorn, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2311 Pte Charles Daniel PATTEN, 9th Light Horse, died in Turkey while a prisoner of war, 3 February 1917; 6565 Pte Alfred Henry PATTEN, 11th Bn, returned to Australia, 12 May 1919.
Other detailsWar service: Egypt, Gallipoli, France, Belgium

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