LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Walter PATERSON
Service No: 12587
Born: Uddingston, Scotland, 9 October 1906
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 January 1941 (at Melbourne VIC)
Discharged from the RAAF: 2 March 1942
Unit at Discharge: Headquarters, RAAF Station Darwin
Died: Illness, Broken Hill NSW, 18 November 1945, Aged 41 Years
Buried: Broken Hill Cemetery NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Andrew and Margaret Paterson; husband of Dorothy Mary Paterson, of Perth
Roll of Honour: Perth WA
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 2 March 1942, Aircraftman Class I Paterson, a Guard, was discharged from the RAAF medically unfit for further service. He died on 18 November 1945.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 12587
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line