William Paterson

1879-1955

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37712

About

Born in Scotland

24 November 1879
Parents

Mother

Mary Paterson

Father

George Paterson

Settled in New Zealand

1909
Live

Hometown

Ngaruawahia
Work

Occupation

Coal-miner

Employer

Pukemiro Coal Company
Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 75

7 November 1955

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5550 3/0090745, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “William Paterson (1879-1955)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/663