Name
Herbert Pateman
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/04/1917
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
5724
Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
14th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
France
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial
St Andrew’s Church Roll of Honour, Hertford
St Andrew’s Church Memorial, Hertford
Pre War
Born in 1898 in 10 Brewhouse Lane, Hertford son of George and Emily Pateman and was baptised on 18 Sep 1898 in St Andrew’s, Hertford. He was living in 83 St Andrew’s Street, Hertford in 1911 working as a milk boy. He emigrated on the “Indrapura” to Melbourne, Australia on 17 Apr 1914.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in the Australian Infantry in Melbourne on 24 Feb 1916 and returned to Europe on the Troop Ship Megantic on 6 Aug 1916 initially to Alexandria and then entered France on 13 Dec 1916 from Folkestone on the SS Arundel to Etaples. He was killed in action on the Somme. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial.
Additional Information
recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=8009283&isAv=N
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
