Hugh Lindsay Patton

Forenames

Hugh Lindsay AWMM

Surname

Patton AWMM

Service number

• WWI R/153 AWMM
• WWI 12/3121 AWMM
• WWI 4/210 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

25 Sept 1891 AWMM

Address before enlistment

• WW1 Pre 1914 AWMM Railways, Huntly, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 Pre 1915 AWMM 83 Grafton Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• WW1 Mrs Julia Patton (mother), Teasdale Street, Te Awamutu, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 Mrs Julia Patton (mother), Teasdale Street, Te Awamutu, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

• Territorial Military Service AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI R/153 AWMM
• WWI 12/3121 AWMM
• WWI 4/210 AWMM

Military service

New Zealand Engineers AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  MM. London Gazette, 16 August 1917, p.8430, Rec No 966 "This NCO was No 1 of a Lewis gun. On 7th instant, our troops in front fell back on the Black Line, he kept his gun in action all the time, despite heavy shelling, and by his conduct set a fine example to the other men. He was absolutely fearless, and he had previously performed most gallantly work in the field." AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1 1914 AWMM
  Age  22 AWMM
  Porter/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 1915 AWMM
  Age  23 AWMM
  Porter/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 14 Aug 1914-28 Aug 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 1 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki AWMM Private AWMM Railway Engineers, No. 3 Company AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM
• WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 9 inches AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

• WW1 15 Apr 1915 AWMM
  At his own request AWMM
  Sapper AWMM
  New Zealand Railway Engineers AWMM
• Second Lieutenant AWMM
  Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Hugh Patton was the son of Julia Patton of Te Awamutu and William Patton.

Next of Kin: Mrs J. Patton, Te Awamutu, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

27 Aug 1918 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM VII AA 20 AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland Railway Station, Te Taou Crescent, Auckland 1010. AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7880645
  Further Reference
• other Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20799544
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 569
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927.