PATERSON, Colin Campbell
Service Number: | 3802 |
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Enlisted: | 30 November 1914 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Parattah, Tasmania, Australia , 13 October 1895 |
Home Town: | Parattah, Southern Midlands, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Glenorchy State School, Tasmania, Australia |
Occupation: | Machinery operator |
Died: | Killed in action, Lagnicourt, France, 16 April 1917, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, France Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 30. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenorchy State School Roll of Honour, Oatlands Soldiers Memorial, Plenty 1914-18 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
30 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 3802, 3rd Field Artillery Battery | |
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8 Feb 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 3802, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hymettus embarkation_ship_number: A1 public_note: '' | |
8 Feb 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 3802, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Hymettus, Sydney | |
16 Apr 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 3802, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3802 awm_unit: 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Colin Paterson was aged 19 when he enlisted at Claremont in 1914. After training in Egypt, he landed at Gallipoli in July 1915. Paterson was transferred to 3rd Field Artillery Brigade. Returning to Egypt after the evacuation from Gallipoli, he was made acting bombardier and during April he was confirmed in the rank of bombardier. He transferred to France with the AIF in June 1916.
On 25 January 1917 Paterson was transferred to 10 FAB and posted to 38 Battery. He was killed in action on 16 April 1917 near Ecoust during the artillery's support for the fighting near Lagnicourt, and was buried ‘at right of road, Ecoust-Vracourt.’ His effects sent home included two general service whistles. His body was exhumed in April 1923 and transferred to the H.A.C. British Cemetery at Ecoust St Mein.
Paterson's younger brother Stanley Duncan Paterson enlisted on 3 October 1914 with 3rd Field Company Australian Engineers. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 19 May 1915, aged 17.
They were the sons of Colin and Mary Isabell Paterson, of Glenorchy, Tasmania.