Lieutenant Eric Ewen Paterson

Service number	898, Q24601
Ranks Held	Corporal, Lieutenant
Birth Date	22/09/1894
Birth Place	Australia: Queensland, Theebine
Death Date	29/10/1961
Final Rank	Lieutenant
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Unit	42nd Australian Infantry Battalion
Place	Theebine
Conflicts/Operations	First World War, 1914-1918 Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

WW1 Service 1		Service with 42nd & 44th battalion
Career summary 1		commanding officer 47th battalion
Career summary 7		* NO ACTIVE SERVICE *
Date of birth	22/09/1894
Date of embarkation	05/06/1916
WW1 Service 2	01/11/1917	2lieutenant
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs)	01/11/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award	10/1918
WW1 Service 3	07/05/1918	lieutenant 44th bn
Interwar Service 1	01/10/1920	lieutenant Reserve of Officers
Interwar Service 2	16/02/1922	47th battalion
Interwar Service 3	20/02/1925	Reserve of Officers
Interwar Service 6	21/10/1925	9th Light Horse Regiment
Interwar Service 4	11/12/1925	47th battalion
Interwar Service 5	13/01/1927	42nd battalion
Interwar Service 7	21/05/1929	captain 42nd battalion
Interwar Service 8	12/04/1935	major 42nd battalion
Interwar Service 9	12/08/1935	47th battalion
Interwar Service 10	01/11/1936	commanding officer 47th battalion
Appointment	1936-11-01 - 1942-08-23	Battalion: 47th; Rank on appointment: major; Appointed from: major 47th battalion ; Reason for end of appointment: age
Interwar Service 11	10/11/1938	lieutenant colonel
Career summary 2	21/11/1941	course MT School 20
Career summary 6	05/10/1942	Reserve of Officers
Career summary 3	1942-03-27 - 1942-04-07	attached 29th Bri
Career summary 4	29/04/1942	course Army Gas School, senior officers #7 9
Career summary 5	23/08/1942	relinquished command 47th battalion
Date of death	29/10/1961