Joseph Spillman Patterson, 18881916 (aged 28 years)

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Name
Joseph Spillman /Patterson/
Given names
Joseph Spillman
Surname
Patterson
Birth
Education
Note: Ballarat Orphanage, Victoria
Occupation
Miner
Occupation
Military Service
Note: Regimental number:2427

Regimental number:2427
Age at embarkation:27
Enlistment date:19 July 1915
Rank on enlistment:Private
Unit name:24th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number:23/41/2
Embarkation details:Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Fate:Died 4-6 August, 1916,
Place of death:Pozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death:27
Age at death from cemetery records:27

Commemoration details:Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Villers-Bretonneux is a village about 15 km east of Amiens. The Memorial stands on the high ground ('Hill 104') behind the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, which is about 2 km north of Villers-Bretonneux on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.

Birth of a sister
Birth of a brother
Death of a paternal grandmother
Birth of a sister
Death of a sister
Death of a father
Death of a brother
Cause: Ingestion of unripe fruit
Note: Died at East Ballarat Orphan Asylum.
Death of a maternal grandfather
Death of a maternal grandmother
Event
Last known address
102 Lyons Street, South Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Event
Other Information
Note: Lived in Berringa with his half sister Marion Welsh, then her son Ted Welsh. He worked in a mine called "Williams Fancy".
Death
6 August 1916 (aged 28 years)
Cause of death: Accident
Note: Was killed in a bombing accident. The pin came out of the bomb and caused an explosion which killed him. He was buried on the battle field. As seen by PTE Albert Tolley 2857, 24th Australians.
Religion
Church of England
Family with parents
father
mother
18631938
Birth: 10 January 1863 31 30 Ararat, Victoria, Australia
Death: 16 December 1938Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Marriage Marriage20 May 1882Ararat, Victoria, Australia
15 months
elder brother
18831936
Birth: 13 August 1883 48 20 Buangor, Victoria, Australia
Death: 9 April 1936Horsham, Victoria, Australia
13 months
elder sister
18841957
Birth: 26 August 1884 49 21 Buangor, Victoria, Australia
Death: 24 August 1957Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
23 months
elder brother
18861960
Birth: 18 July 1886 50 23 Buangor, Victoria, Australia
Death: 30 June 1960Echuca, Victoria, Australia
3 years
himself
18881916
Birth: 1888 52 24 Buangor, Victoria, Australia
Death: 6 August 1916France
21 months
younger sister
20 months
younger brother
18911898
Birth: 9 May 1891 55 28 Buangor, Victoria, Australia
Death: 10 January 1898Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
sister
brother
younger sister
18921892
Birth: 20 May 1892 56 29 Buangor, Victoria, Australia
Death: 1892
Father’s family with Christina Nicholson
father
stepmother
18461881
Birth: 1846 Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: 1881Ararat, Victoria, Australia
Marriage Marriage12 December 1868Ararat, Victoria, Australia
2 years
half-sister
1870
Birth: 1870 34 24 Ararat, Victoria, Australia
Death:
1 year
half-brother
18701935
Birth: 1870 34 24
Death: 1935Murtoa, Victoria, Australia
2 years
half-brother
3 years
half-brother
23 months
half-sister
18751957
Birth: 1 November 1875 40 29
Death: 8 July 1957Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
3 years
half-brother
18781967
Birth: 13 October 1878 43 32 Buangor, Victoria, Australia
Death: 1967Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
3 years
half-brother
Education

Ballarat Orphanage, Victoria

Occupation

Regimental number:2427
Age at embarkation:27
Enlistment date:19 July 1915
Rank on enlistment:Private
Unit name:24th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number:23/41/2
Embarkation details:Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Fate:Died 4-6 August, 1916,
Place of death:Pozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death:27
Age at death from cemetery records:27

Commemoration details:Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Villers-Bretonneux is a village about 15 km east of Amiens. The Memorial stands on the high ground ('Hill 104') behind the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, which is about 2 km north of Villers-Bretonneux on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.

Event

Lived in Berringa with his half sister Marion Welsh, then her son Ted Welsh. He worked in a mine called "Williams Fancy".

Death

Was killed in a bombing accident. The pin came out of the bomb and caused an explosion which killed him. He was buried on the battle field. As seen by PTE Albert Tolley 2857, 24th Australians.