Hugh Barton PATERSON

PATERSON, Hugh Barton

Service Number: NX29475
Enlisted: 26 June 1940
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 20th Australian Infantry Brigade
Born: Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 14 May 1906
Home Town: Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Deceased, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 14 November 1997, aged 91 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

26 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, NX29475, 20th Australian Infantry Brigade
26 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX29475
13 Feb 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX29475
Date unknown: Involvement Lieutenant, NX29475, Australian Army Amenities Service

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Probably more famous for being the son of Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, CBE (17 February 1864 – 5 February 1941) was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author.

Hugh served as a Private with 20th Brigade HQ during the Siege of Tobruk and the North African campaigns of 1942 elevating in rank to NCO.

On his return to Australia he was promoted to Lieutenant and served with the Australian Army Amentities Service from 1943 - 1945.

He also had the gift of poetry and penned several "Tobruk" speicfics rhymes detailing life in the city under Siege

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