PATERSON, Alastair Semple Burns
| Service Numbers: | 406461, W235049 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No.104 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | 'Roselin', Luggiebank near Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 2 February 1919 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Architectural Draughtsman |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Middle East, 7 November 1942, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery Prot. Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Coll. grave 13. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 406461 | |
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| 30 Nov 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W235049 | |
| 30 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W235049 | |
| 6 Dec 1940: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W235049 | |
| 9 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 406461 | |
| 9 Dec 1940: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 406461 | |
| 7 Nov 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 406461, No.104 Squadron (RAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Alastair Semple Burns PATERSON was born at 'Roselin', Luggiebank near Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 2nd February, 1919
His parents were Gilbert Alexander PATERSON & Jessie Burns McINTYRE who married in Glasgow on 5th February, 1913 - the family arrived in Australia on 12th April, 1923 & lived in Perth, Western Australia
He served in both the Army and the RAAF during WW2 and died during a Flying Battle in the Middle East on 7th November, 1942
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His father Gilbert was a Captain in the British Navy during WW1
His brother Donald Howie PATERSON (SN F402) served in the Royal Australian Navy during WW2 and died on 8th December, 1942
Another brother Gilbert Alexander PATERSON ( SN W54846) served during WW2 in the Army and was discharged in 1946
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