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James Galloway Paton

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James Galloway Paton

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 05.08.1914
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 256
  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 2nd/4th Battalion

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 27.06.1871
  • Place of Birth: 20 Hilltown, Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Harbour Labourer
  • Mother:

    Catherine Galloway

  • Father:

    George Neish Paton

  • Siblings:

    James, Elizabeth, Marion, Georgina, Catherine, Jessie & Isabella

  • Spouse:

    Mary Campbell Paton

  • Children:

    Joan, Mary, Kate, Jemima, Johan Ray, Ann & Maggie

  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 1953
  • Place of Death: Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • Burial Country: Australia
  • Cemetery:

More about James Galloway Paton

James was embodied into service on 5 Aug 1914 and promoted to Acting L/Cpl on 2nd Jan 1915.  On 13 Oct 1915 he was ‘found to be medically unfit for war service and garrison duty abroad but fit for home service’.
On 19 Apr 1916 he was discharged as consequence of Termination of Engagement under Kings Regs

Information and image kindly supplied by Irene Phillips

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