New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37705

About

Born in New Zealand

9 April 1886

Parents

Mother

Kate Patterson

Father

Richard Patterson

Residence

Hometown

Komata

Work

Occupation

Contractor

Employer

Own

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

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British War Medal

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 72

10 August 1958

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 5/0090942, 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 Edward Patterson (1886-1958)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/664