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SAPPER JOHN GEORGE PATTINSON 77 – 3rd Field Company AIF Footscray in Melbourne, Victoria was the birthplace of John George Pattinson on December 23, 1890, the son of George and Gertrude (nee O’Farrell) Pattinson. He stated his education was the level of Senior Standard at the Christian Brothers College in Adelaide, S.A., and four years studying the Mining Course at the School of Mines. R SCHOOL OF MINES AND INDUSTRIES EXAMINATION RESULTS The following is a further portion of list giving names of students who have passed the examinations for 1907. The names of students in the first and second classes are in order of merit, and in the third class in alphabetical order. (Mt. G.) denotes Mount Gambier School of Mines student; (P.P.) Port Pirie School of Mines student: EVENING PREPARATORY SCHOOL. Algebra. First Class.- (others), John George Pattinson. Euclid. First Class.- (others), John George Pattinson. Freehand. Second Class.- (others), John George Pattinson Plane Geometry. First Class.- (others), John George Pattinson Mensuration. First Class - John George Pattinson, (others)
Mining work was obtained in Papua, New Guinea early in 1910 and his letter home was published in The Advertiser - Adelaide, SA on Tuesday 22 August 1911: AN ADELAIDE BOY IN PAPUA. Writing recently from Papua, whither he went l8 months ago, Mr. John Pattinson, who prior to his departure was a student at the Adelaide School of Mines, gives an account of life in the territory, where he occupies a position as an assayer and analyst. He says:- "Although the natives are fairly quiet near the coast, one is seldom safe far inland. We always carry arms in readiness for an attack, for the natives do not consider murder a crime, and stories of their cannibalistic tendencies send a strange feeling down one’s spine. Mr. Pattinson is a fine athlete. Had it not been for this things would have gone very much against him in a desperate encounter with a native, concerning which he writes: - "I have had many exciting adventures during recent months, and once I barely escaped with my life. A burly Papuan, weighing about 14 st and tremendously strong, for some inexplicable reason attacked me late one night. Clutching at my throat, he endeavoured to strangle me. I resisted desperately, and with a great effort scrambled up from the ground. The native's grip slackened but a little, however, and I am afraid the last chapter in my life's history would have closed had not several Europeans arrived on the scene. I came out from the struggle with a sprained wrist and swollen throat, while my opponent sought medical attention for a broken nose. It is a wild, rough life out here. It is, however, on that account none the less fascinating. Phases of life hitherto unthought of are daily presenting themselves in striking form, and one has ample opportunity to study a race of people interesting in the extreme." Shortly after war was declared in 1914 he applied to enlist for active service abroad at Broken Hill, NSW passing the medical examination on August 20, 1914. Later that day at Morphettville, South Australia Attestation Forms were completed for the twenty-three year old recording personal particulars of height 173cms (5ft 8ins) and weight 63.6kgs (140lbs) with a chest measurement of 88cms (34½ins). Complexion was dark with grey eyes and dark coloured hair and three vaccination scars were distinctive marks. Church of England was his religious faith. Next-of-kin nominated was his father Mr George Pattinson of Mile End, Adelaide, S.A. He was sworn in on August 24, 1914. With no previous military experience basic training commenced on August 21, 1914 and he was allotted to the 3rd Field Company, Australian Engineers on September 23 in Melbourne, Vic with the rank of Sapper and the regimental number 77. He embarked on the troopship HMAT A2 Geelong on September 22, 1914 from Melbourne, Victoria with the company comprising of Headquarters and Nos 1, 2 and 4 Sections, disembarking at Suez. There are no surviving trip-sheets for the voyage but on December 2, 1914 Sapper Pattinson was disciplined on board the troopship for disobeying an order given by an N.C.O. and the following day was punished with seven days detention. Difficulties followed as a Report for Proposed Discharge of a Soldier was issued on January 26, 1915 with details as follows: Cause of Discharge: Services no longer required as not likely to prove an efficient soldier. Report by O.C. Company: This man, well educated & gentlemanly fellow, lacks all sense of responsibility & discipline. The O.C. Company (Major Clagstoun) has appealed to his pride & sense of sportsmanship and decency but no signs of improvement have resulted. He is always on the lookout for slack jobs & even these he performs in a perfunctory manner. He has lead men of weaker mental calibre into acts of insubordination and rather prides himself on being an outlaw. He has a bad influence on his section. Remarks: I concur. Officer Commanding Brigade 26/1/15 Decision: Approved 27/1/15. On February 3, 1915 Sapper Pattinson embarked from the Suez for his return to Australia on the troopship HMAT Kyarra arriving in Melbourne on March 11, 1915. Military discharge was issued in Melbourne, Vic for disciplinary reasons the same day and he was ineligible for War Service Medals. John Pattinson re-enlisted under the following name: LIEUTENANT JOHN FRANK PATTINSON 2nd Tunnelling Company 
Re-enlisting in Melbourne, Vic on August 17, 1915 the mining engineer passed the medical examination and forms of Attestation were completed. The twenty-five year olds’ birthplace was now Sydney, NSW and his enlistment description shows he stood 175cms (5ft 9ins) tall, weighed 65.4kgs (144lbs) with a chest expansion of 89-93cms (35-36½ins). Fresh was his complexion with grey eyes and dark brown hair and Church of England remained his religion. Apart from the three vaccination points, distinctive marks also included a scar on his left side and a mole on left breast and three on his right side. Next-of-kin was his sister Miss G. Pattinson, 63 Gladstone Road, Mile End, Adelaide, S.A. The ‘Oath of Allegiance’ signed and taken the same day.
The Mining Corps was in its establishment stage at Casula, near Liverpool, NSW when he arrived and gave no details of his previous service except for two months Acting Sergeant with the Infantry, A.I.F. and was sent to attend the Engineer and Officers’ Training School. On November 3, 1915 he applied for a Commission with the Field Engineers, Mining Corps. On a second Attestation Form he gave his address as care of Mrs Loche, Normanby Street, Middle Brighton, Melbourne and she was nominated as his next-of-kin. A further medical exam for his Appointment shows his weight was down to 63.6kgs (140lbs) and had good vision therefore his application was approved on November 5, 1915. His appointment was gazetted in the Commonwealth Gazette No.146 of November 25, 1915. Routine Order No.2 of the Mining Corps dated December 16, 1915 saw him temporarily allotted to the No. 1 Company of the Mining Corps but in R/Order No.3 detailed him for Chief Instructor of the Non Commissioned Officers’ School then on December 20 in R/Order No.6 he was transferred to No.3 Company as Acting Officer Commanding. Promotion to the rank of Lieutenant was gazetted in the Commonwealth Gazette No.17 of January 1, 1916. Further Attestation forms were completed at Casula camp on February 16, 1916 in preparation for departure and he was sworn in and assigned to the No.2 Company of the Mining Corps. I NEW APPOINTMENTS The following appointments to the Australian Imperial Forces have been made:- To be Captains:- James Arthur Pollock, Lieutenant (provisional) R.V. Morse, Senior Cadets. To be Second Lieutenants:- Corporal James Alexander Reid, Corporal William Thomas Anderson. To be Second Lieutenants (provisionally):- Alexander Sanderson, Vyvyan Christopher Bennett. The provisional appointments of the following second lieutenants are confirmed:- H.E. Trousselot, V.B. West, R.Y. Langdon, W.J. McBride, A.L. Kennedy, B. Priestman, G.T. Crawshaw, J.D. Henry, H.W. Brown, D. Brigstock, P.J. Day, H.V. Seale, C.W. Whyte, P. Caro, J.MacD. Royle, L.G. Wilkins, O.H. Woodward, R.B. Hunter. Promotions to be Lieutenants: Second Lieutenant E.N. Mulligan, L.J. Coulter, W.P. Avery, L. De J. Grut, J.F. Pattinson, H.E. Trousselot, V.P. West, W.J. McBride, J.D. Henry, P.J. Day, C.W. Whyte, and J.M. Reid.
O  n the day of embarkation personnel for No.2 Company included:
No. 3 Section: Lieut. J. Pattinson Lieut. J.A. Reid Lieut. G.L. Smith At a civic parade in the Domain, Sydney on Saturday February 19, 1916, a large crowd of relations and friends of the departing Miners lined the four sides of the parade ground. Sixty police and 100 Garrison Military Police were on hand to keep the crowds within bounds. The scene was an inspiriting one. On the extreme right flank, facing the saluting base, were companies of the Rifle Club School; next came a detachment of the 4th King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, then the bands of the Light Horse, Liverpool Depot, and the Miners’ on the left, rank upon rank, the Miners’ Battalion. The Corps boarded HMAT A38 Ulysses in Sydney, NSW on February 20 and sailed for the European theatre. Arriving in Melbourne, Victoria on February 22 the Miners camped at Broadmeadows for a stay of 7 days while further cargo was loaded. Another parade was held at the Broadmeadows camp on March 1, the Miners’ Corps being inspected by the Governor-General, as Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth military forces. Leaving Melbourne on March 1, Ulysses arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia on March 7 where a further 53 members were taken on board. On Wednesday March 8, 1916 the whole force, with their band and equipment, paraded at Fremantle prior to leaving Victoria Quay at 9.30 o’clock. The ship hit a reef when leaving Fremantle harbour, stripping the plates for 40 feet and, although there was a gap in the outside plate, the inner bilge plates were not punctured. The men on board nicknamed her ‘Useless’. The Miners were off-loaded and sent to the Blackboy Hill Camp where further training was conducted. The Mining Corps comprised 1303 members at the time they embarked with a Headquarters of 40; No.1 Company – 390; No.2 Company – 380; No.3 Company – 392, and 101 members of the 1st Reinforcements. Finally departing Fremantle on April 1, Ulysses voyaged via Suez, Port Said and Alexandria in Egypt. The Captain of the ship was reluctant to take Ulysses out of the Suez Canal because he felt the weight of the ship made it impossible to manoeuvre in the situation of a submarine attack. The troops were transhipped to HM Transport B.1 Ansonia, then on to Valetta, Malta before disembarking at Marseilles, France on May 5, 1916. As a unit they entrained at Marseilles on May 7 and detrained on May 11 at Hazebrouck. A ‘Mining Corps’ did not fit in the British Expeditionary Force, and the Corps was disbanded and three Australian Tunnelling Companies were formed. The Technical Staff of the Corps Headquarters, plus some technically qualified men from the individual companies, was formed into the entirely new Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company (AEMMBC), better known as the ‘Alphabetical Company’. The No.2 Company became the 2nd Tunnelling Company in the field. On October 5, 1916 the Lieutenant was accidentally wounded and taken to the 8th Field Ambulance with a bayonet wound to his arm. Transferred to the 2nd Casualty Clearing Station he was conveyed on Ambulance Train 28 to the 7th Stationary Hospital. The Medical Officer’s report states: The bayonet wound to his upper arm is not serious and will not interfere with his future efficiency as an officer. On duty at Armentieres, pointing out positions to Infantry officers when a soldier put up his bayonet from a trench and Lt Pattinson slipped on it. On October 8 he was transferred to England from Boulogne on the hospital ship St Patrick and admitted to the 3rd London General Hospital in Wandsworth. A report was sent to the War Office stating: Entrance was on inner side. No injury to bone or nerve. Admitted here 8/10/16. Wound not yet healed. Fit about four weeks. Two forms for when an Officer was brought before a Medical Board and proceeding on leave were filled in by Lt Pattinson and date stamped October 11th and 12th, 1916. His address was given as 1 Moreton Gardens, S.W. Two advices from Base Records, Melbourne dated October 13 and 15, 1916 were forwarded to Miss G. Pattinson, Gladstone Road, Mile End, Adelaide that her brother had been wounded and the second stated he was admitted to the 7th Stationary Hospital on October 6 suffering a mild but accidental bayonet wound to his arm. His address was included in both letters. T PERSONAL NOTES Information has been received from the Military Authorities to the effect that Lieut. Jack Pattinson, of Gladstone road, Mile End, has been wounded in action. his news was reported in The Register - Adelaide, SA on Thursday 19 October 1916: A Medical Board assessment took place on November 9, 1916 ordered by the D.M.S., AIF. Proceedings are as follows: Disability: Bayonet wound of right arm Findings: He says he had malaria in New Guinea in 1914. That he had headaches daily some 10 days ago which have been cured by quinine How long unfit: Two weeks Caused by: Military Service Attributed by: Accidental bayonet wound His transfer to the 6th Aust Auxiliary Hospital followed and his Statement of Case reads: 10/10/16 On 2nd Oct in France received a bayonet wound right upper arm accidentally. The bayonet passed right through, both wounds nearly healed up. Massage shoulder 17/10/16 Lower arm much improved, still very limited movement in shoulder 24/10/16 Slightly improved 31/10/16 Complains of periodical return of headaches every day at 8 p.m. lasting until he goes to sleep. Sometimes he has been having stomach pains not in any way associated with taking food. 3/11/16 Full movement of shoulder joint and headaches much better 7/11/16 Recommended for leave On November 23, 1916 was discharged to Perham Down’s camp. He proceeded overseas on December 6 arriving at the Base Depot at Etaples the next day and was attached four days later to the 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion. This was an advanced section of the Base Depot that organised works near the lines and through duties, usually of ten days duration, would accustom the reinforcements to war conditions before being assigned to a company in the field. On January 6, 1917 he was placed on the Supernumerary List. He went sick from the field to the 8th General Hospital on January 24, 1917 and was admitted with appendicitis (slight) and conveyed from Havre on the hospital ship Warilda to England. Re-admitted to the 3rd London General Hospital on January 29 where his illness was stated as appendicitis. H 270th CASUALTY LIST SOUTH AUSTRALIA RETURNED TO DUTY Lieut. J.F. PATTINSON, Mile-End is name appeared in The Register (Adelaide) on Saturday February 3, 1917: Base Records advised Miss G. Pattinson on February 8, 1917 that her brother Lt Pattinson had been admitted to the above hospital on January 29 and also his address to correspond. On February 8, 1917 at Wandsworth Hospital he appeared before a Medical Board and proceedings are as follows: Disability: Malaria Essential facts: At Flers on 23/1/17 he reported sick with Epigastric pain. He had contracted Malaria in New Guinea six years ago. Admitted here 29/1/17. There was only one slight attack of pain while in hospital though he states he has had many during the past three years. He had an attack of ague two days ago without epigastric pain. He is weak and exhibits a slight icteric tinge. Fit for General Service: No How long unfit: Four weeks Caused by service: No Aggravated by service: Yes Miss G. Pattinson of 63 Gladstone Road, Mile End, S.A. contacted Base Records by mail on February 10, 1917 regarding news of her brother, having been advised by cable of his wounding but had since returned to duty. The cable also requested to send money therefore would like to know officially that he was in hospital in England. A reply dated February 13 informed her that she should have received their recent advice concerning her brother. The Records office also advised that when cabling money to transmit through the Commonwealth Bank and ask at the same time that a request for identification be included to avoid the possibility of the money getting into the hands of the wrong person. On February 12, 1917 the Lieutenant was transferred to the 6th Auxiliary Hospital and on February 27 to Cobham Hall Convalescent Home in Kent remaining a patient until April 9. His Medical Case Sheet stated on 27/2/17: Disease: Malaria Reported sick at Fricourt on January 23 complaining of abdominal pains. Evacuated to Rouen and admitted to 3 L.G.H. on January 29 and discharged February 6 to No. 6 A.A.H. Has had 3 attacks of ague since Jan 23 the last being 21 Feby. Feels well. Sleeps well. Appetite good 3 Mar No attacks for 8 days. Contracted malaria in N. Guinea 7 years ago. 10 Mar Improving Not been declared fit as yet.
Disability: Abrasions right knee, synovitis Origin of disability: France March 11, 1918 Essential facts: He fell off his bicycle and strained his right knee under the right patella. There was swelling of his knee. Admitted to the 3rd London General Hospital March 24. Present condition: The abrasion is healed; the knee joint is ? weak, general mobility is good. Recommendation: Declared him fit for General Service. Miss Bertha Flatan of The Laurels, Avenue Road, Mosman, Sydney sent a letter to Base Records on April 14, 1918 inquiring as to any news about Lt J.F. Pattinson. The reply from Base Records stated he was reported to have rejoined his unit on May 13, 1917 and nothing further had come to hand therefore it was to be assumed that he was with his unit. Enclosed was his postal address and in conclusion advised her that due to the work entailed in advising next-of-kin of reports received regarding members of the A.I.F., the Department was unable to note her name for future notification on reports concerning the officer but information would be available to her upon request. Lieutenant Pattinson was transferred on April 16, 1918 to the Overseas Training Brigade remaining until April 29 when he departed Southampton for France and marched into the Aust General Base Depot at Rouelles the next day. On May 10 he left the Depot and rejoined his unit on May 12, 1918 where the next day he was restored from the Supernumeracy List. In April 1918 members of the 2nd Tunnelling Company were sent to the Ribemont line. Two days after returning to the field Lieutenant Pattinson was killed in action on May 14, 1918 by a shell at Ribemont, France. Burial took place in Row C, Grave No. 6 at Querrieu Military Cemetery which was three and a half miles north-west of Corbie on May 16, 1918 with Rev T.C. Robinson of the 21st Battalion conducting the ceremony. The Unit Diary of the 2nd Tunnelling Company gives brief information: 13/5/18 Owing to the likelihood of increased enemy shelling of town in back areas C.E. warned all Units to arrange to move into camps and bivouacs at an early date. Site for camp reconnoitred in vicinity of Querrieu. 14/5/18 Lieut J.F. PATTINSON killed by a shell at RIBEMONT. APPENDIX End of month Report Casualties The casualties for the month were normal. Lieut. J.F. Pattinson was killed by a shell at Ribemont and buried in Querrieu Military Cemetery on 16/5/18.
On June 5, 1918 he was officially reported killed in action and was struck off strength. The following Obituary was published in The Register - Adelaide, SA on Tuesday 28 May 1918: Lieut. John Pattinson, who was officially reported killed in action on May 14, 1918, was the elder son of Mr. and the late Mrs. G. Pattinson, of Gladstone road, Mile-End. Lieut. Pattinson, who was a mining engineer by profession, was widely known in mining and engineering circles. As an all round athlete he was also prominent in various athletic and sporting clubs. After completing the mining course at the Adelaide School of Mines he accepted a position in New Guinea in the Papuan Minerals Explorative Company, where he remained for several years. Subsequently he was engaged by the Broken Hill Proprietary Company until the outbreak of war, when he immediately enlisted for active service. He had the honour of being among South Australia's first hundred volunteers. A few months prior to his death Lieut. Pattinson was married in England to Miss Daphne, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sefton-Toms, of Cardogen Gardens, London. Thursday 30 May 1918 PATTINSON.— Killed in action, on the 14th May, 1918, John Pattinson (lieutenant Mining Battalion), elder son of Mr. and the late Mrs. G. Pattinson, of Gladstone road. Mile-End. His demise appeared in the Casualty List published in the Sydney Morning Herald on Thursday June 13, 1918: 408th CASUALTY LIST NEW SOUTH WALES KILLED Lieut. JOHN FRANK PATTINSON, Mile End S.A. Miss Bertha A. Flatan of The Laurels, Avenue Road, Mosman, Sydney, NSW wrote on June 13, 1918 to Base Records after seeing the name of Lt J.F. Pattinson as killed in action. She requested if they would be good enough to supply her with particulars concerning this as she was his next-of-kin in New South Wales. The reply from Base Records to her communication stated that the only information received at their Office was the cabled message to the effect that he was “killed in action on 14.5.18”. They anticipated later official documents would furnish further details and these would be available to her should she enquire again. Base Records sent a letter to Miss G. Pattinson, 63 Gladstone Road, Mile End, Adelaide, S.A. on September 7, 1918 updating advice on the regrettable loss of her brother that he was killed in action on 14/5/18 and buried at Querrieu Military Cemetery on 16/5/18 with Rev T.C. Robinson officiating. Utmost care and attention was given to graves of the soldiers and photographs of graves were being taken as soon as possible and transmitted to next-of-kin when available. The Department’s policy was to forward all information received in connection with deceased members of the AIF concluded their letter. Mr B.P. Pattinson care of Mrs L. Loan, King Edward Avenue, Lower Mitcham, S.A. got in touch with Base Records on September 30, 1918 asking for the Certificate of Death for his brother. This was issued on October 8, 1918. The District Paymaster for the 2nd Military District wrote to Base Records on November 2, 1918 asking for information on the enlistment district for the deceased soldier which was forwarded on November 14. Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Co Ltd in Sydney, NSW corresponded with Base Records on November 5, 1918 applying for the Certificate of Death and identification particulars of Lt John Frank Pattinson. These were forwarded a week later. A Copy of his Will held by A.I.F. Headquarters in London was noted on his records on November 20, 1918. His Will was to be sent to the D.F.M. in 3rd Military District on December 3, 1918. On November 28, 1918 the Public Trustee’s Office in Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW also contacted Base Records requesting duplicate Certificates of Death, pre-enlistment address and details of next-of-kin. The Circular and Booklet re graves were dispatched on March 20, 1919. The Commission Form was sent to Mrs A. Loche on June 10, 1919 and a covering letter and form regarding the inscription on the Lieutenant’s permanent headstone. F When the above soldier was about to embark he called at my place to say goodbye and informed me that he had left me as next-of-kin and gave his reason for same that on his prior enlistment as 77 J.G. Pattinson 3 Field Company he had been in trouble and would very likely not be able to go away again if Authorities got word of it—with that end in view he wanted another next-of-kin. As I did not anticipate his being killed I raised no objection when he told me what he had done, and when word was received of his death, immediately informed his parent (father) and also sent him anything which came along belonging to him. They apparently take an improper view of my position, and, I wish that his father be placed on his records as next-of-kin and any further communication be sent to them. I left at Base Records last Friday October 28, his form of Commission and papers relating to inscription on his grave. rom her address at 24 Normanby Street, Middle Brighton, Vic on November 21, 1921, Mrs Annie Loche explained her nomination as next-of-kin for Lt Pattinson. She wrote: These papers were sent to his father in Adelaide but were returned to Base Records on November 7, 1921 and November 17, 1921 both marked ‘unknown’. Having been marked ineligible for War Service Medals, a Statement of both his war service periods was sent to the Medal Board for re-consideration. As a result the 1914/15 Star was restored to him. Sapper 77 / Lieutenant John Francis Pattinson, 3rd Field Company Engineers / 2nd Tunnelling Company was issued for his supreme sacrifice the 1914/15 Star (26723), the British War Medal (32115) and the Victory Medal (31892). These medals were forwarded to A.I.F. Headquarters, London to be sent to his widowed next-of-kin. On June 10, 1922 Base Records requested information on the late Lieutenant’s War Gratuity, informants, parents and addresses. Their reply gave his widow Mrs D.St.G.A.S. Pattinson care of London City & Midland Bank, 6 Sloan Street, Knightsbridge, London, S.W. receiving his war gratuity and no parents’ names were listed. The Pamphlet ‘Where the Australian’s Rest’ was also sent to his widow with the Memorial Scroll (357873) and the Memorial Plaque (357873) from the A.I.F. in London. His grave is located in Querrieu Military Cemetery, France, grave No.6 - Row C. 
LEST WE FORGETDAPHNE PATTINSON[Widow of Lt John Pattinson] 
Daphne St George Alix Sefton Toms, was born in 1895 in Chelsea, Middlesex, London. At the time of her marriage she was a spinster aged 22, the daughter of Charles Sefton Toms. Daphne was an opera singer / ballet dancer, who had studied under the mother of Ivor Novello when she was younger.
Daphne set up an amateur dramatics group called ‘Mrs Pats Players’ in 1945, and also taught ballet and singing to children in local schools. The group grew in members, with adults putting on some shows. She appeared in many of her own productions over the years. Every year the players put on a pantomime annually as well as staging variety shows and other presentations. The ‘Players’ gave shows for charity, made their own costumes and scenery and wrote many of their own shows and songs. Ivor Novello, speed record holder Sir Malcolm Campbell and the Lord and Lady Aberconway were Daphnes’ personal friends. Daphne Pattinson never remarried. Daphne St George Alix Sefton Pattinson died in hospital in Wiltshire in August 1976. Her unmarked grave is in a small church cemetery in the village of Hyde, about 5 miles from Fordingbridge, Hampshire where her mother is laid to rest. PILOT OFFICER ABERCONWAY JOHN SEFTON PATTINSON 40563 – Royal Air Force Five days before her husband Lieutenant Pattinson would have celebrated his twenty-eighth birthday his widow Daphne gave birth to their son on December 18, 1918 at her parents’ address in Chelsea, London. S His godparents, the Lord and Lady Aberconway, added ‘Aberconway’ to young John’s name and he became Aberconway John Sefton Pattinson. Daphne Pattinson was living at 1 Gamik’s Villa, Hampton-on-Thames, Middlesex when Aberconway was enrolled at the Chard School, Chard, Somerset on 18 December 1918. Between 1932 and 1935 he was a Private in the Chard School Cadet Corps. In 1935 he is enrolled in the Chard Private School for Air Cadets in Somerset. From 29 November 1937, John was taking flying lessons at the Reading Civil Flying Club and in 1938 he joined the Royal Air Force. John/Aberconway was 193cms (6ft 4ins) tall, good-looking and an outgoing sportsman. He had suffered a broken arm in 1936 while playing rugby. 40563 Pilot Officer PATTINSON, Aberconway John Sefton was Commissioned into the Royal Air Force in December, 1937. He was granted a short service commission as Acting Pilot Officer on probation with effect from 19 February 1938 at No.1 Depot, 24 (Training) Group. His appointment as a Pilot Officer was confirmed 29 July 1939. He began training at No. 5 Flight Training School, Sealand, on March 5, 1938. Once his training was completed he was posted to 25 Squadron, RAF Hawkinge, Kent, and was flying Blenhiem fighter-bombers by September 3, 1939. He was posted to 23 Squadron, RAF Collyweston, Northamptonshire, and flew many night time operations. He survived two crash landings due to engine failures while flying Blenhiem fighter-bombers. F Blenheim L1436/RX-M: Delivered new to Squadron, 10th December 1938. Belly-landed in error at Sutton Bridge, 16th August 1939, and disposed of to M.U. Plt Off A J S Pattinson unhurt. rom R.A.F. records: F June 1940 – 23 Squadron 23 Squadron in Combat: The night of June 18/19, 1940, however, was crystal clear when the Luftwaffe mounted its first large scale night raid of the war on mainland British targets with over 70 aircraft. From its base at Collyweston, 23 Squadron was in action that night, deploying seven Blenheim Mk 1Fs on night fighter patrols in the vicinity of The Wash. The RAF was involved from the Thames to the Humber on this particular night in the form of 23, 29 and 604 Squadrons with Blenheims and 19, 66 and 74 Squadrons with Spitfires. The overall Luftwaffe raiding force was composed of Gruppen from KG.4 and KG.27 for whom places such as Mildenhall, Honington and Marham were the primary objectives. Cont.
Promoted to Flying Officer on 29 July 1940, he was posted to 616 Squadron, RAF Lincolnshire, on September 7, 1940 to convert to Spitfires. O  n the October 11, 1940 he was posted to 92 Squadron, Biggin Hill, and the next day was killed in action on his first mission at 4.30 pm over Folkestone, Kent, shot down by a ME 109 fighter. An eyewitness of the dogfight stated that the pilot never bailed out, possibly killed before the spitfire hit the ground at high speed. Members of the Army based nearby found Johns’ remains in the burnt out Spitfire serial X4591 which was less than 5 hours new from the factory.
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It appears his grave is visited only by Mark Cook Esq. is name appears on the St George Chapel Honour Board – Biggin Hill. His entry in the Graves Registration booklet reads: ‘PATTINSON. – In Oct., 1940, killed on active service, Pilot Officer Aberconway John Sefton Pattinson, beloved only son of Daphne Pattinson and the late Lieutenant J.F. Pattinson, R.E., A.I.F., and greatly loved grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Sefton Toms, 17 Burton Road, Bournemouth, aged 21.’ In The Advertiser - Adelaide, SA on Thursday 9 December, 1943 this article appeared in the newspaper written by his Aunt Mrs B.G. Brown: T Aberconway John Sefton Pattinson was born on 18th December 1918 in Chelsea, London, his father having been killed in action seven months previously. Pattinson joined the RAF on a short service commission in December 1937. He was posted to 5 FTS, Sealand on March 5th 1938 and joined 25 Squadron at Hawkinge on September 17th, flying Gladiators. In early July 1940 Pattinson was with 23 Squadron at Collyweston, flying Blenheims. On September 5th he went to an OTU to convert to Spitfires and was then posted to 92 Squadron at Biggin Hill in early October. On his first sortie on October 12th he was shot down and killed by Me109’s over Hawkinge. His Spitfire, X4591, crashed and burned out in Bartholomews Wood, Postling. Pattinson was 21 years old. He is buried in Parkstone Cemetery, Poole, Dorset. HE BATTLE OF BRITAIN LONDON MONUMENT h FIRST OF THE FEW “AT present on tour of the Sydney picture theatres,” writes Mrs. B. G. Brown. Greenwich (NSW), “are two gazettes—Gaumont British 521 and Paramount 47—commemorating at St. Paul's Cathedral the Battle for Britain, and honoring the first of the few of whom Mr. Churchill uttered his now famous words —'Never before in the history of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.' The boy in the film whose name, heads the list on the roll of honor is Flt-Lt. Aberconway John Sefton Pattinson, of Cadogan Square, London. This boy, named after his god-parents Lord and Lady Aberconway, is the son of the late Lt. John Pattinson, who, in his time, was one of the first to enlist in Adelaide in 1914. Brother of Baden Pattinson, and my brother, too, he was well known in Adelaide, and was one of the many who married in England during the last war and did not return from the battle front.” The gazette film will be seen in Adelaide on Friday. ttp://www.bbm.org.uk/Pattinson.htm An article by Antony Thrower in the Herald, Kent, England, in 2010 recorded that in 1950, 17-year-old Albert Hooker first heard the story of the Spitfire which crashed in Postling Woods. Strolling through the woods in 1975 he saw a piece of propeller shaft sticking out of the ground. The wreckage was from Jock Pattinson’s Spitfire. He returned to the site in 1980 with a Canadian film crew and more bits of the plane were found, including parts of the cockpit and the engine. The Rolls Royce Merlin engine from Jack Pattinson’s Spitfire is now in the possession of Mark Richard Cook Esq. of New Duston, Northampton, England, and is being restored. BADEN POWELL PATTINSON Baden Powell Pattinson was the younger brother of John Pattinson and was born at Thebarton, S.A. on December 22, 1899 also the son of George and Gertrude Pattinson. He later dropped the “Powell’ by deed poll and was known to the family as ‘Kern’ or ‘Kyrne’, depending on who wrote the letter to him. The Register - Adelaide, SA on Saturday 23 November 1918 reported the following: Baden Powell Pattinson - Bachelor of Law, (Property Pt1 & Law of Wrongs), 1918 In July 1924 he became engaged to Miss Florence Doman whom he married on 11 December 1926. In 1928 he was elected Mayor of Maitland, S.A., an office he also held for an extended time from 1933. O
PATTINSON, George—Father of T. Miles, A. Gyton-Brown, and Misses G. & E. Pattinson, NSW and Baden Pattinson of S.A. n the death of his father George Pattinson the following announcement appeared in The Advertiser on July 2, 1933: Baden Powell Pattinson was the Member for Glenelg in the South Australian House of Assembly for the periods 1930-1938 and 1947-1965. In 1954 the Honourable Baden Pattinson was the Minister of Education and accompanied Queen Elizabeth II when she reviewed members of the Thebarton Primary school band. In his role as Education Minister the Hon. Baden Pattinson opened the Marryatville High School in 1961 (later renamed Norwood Boys Technical High School). On June 2, 1962 he was bestowed the Order of the British Empire – Knight Commander (Civil) KBE. His citation was listed ‘Minister of Education in S.A.’ 
Between 1962 and1965 he was presented with a Railways of Australia 9ct gold Life Pass medallion, engraved “Hon Sir Baden Pattinson” WHO’S WHO IN AUSTRALIA: PATTINSON, Baden, LL.B. (Adel.), M.H.A. (S.A.); son of late George and Mrs Pattinson, of Mosman, N.S.W.; b. Dec.22, 1899, Adelaide, S.A.; ed. Adel. Univ., was clerk to Hon. Sir Josiah Simon; matriculated at 15, a year too young to enter Law School, qualified two years too young to practise; was managing clerk to J.H. Vaughan, M.L.C., then Attorney-Gen., admitted to bar, S.A., and commenced practise at Maitland, S.A., 1921; Mayor of Maitland, 1928 and 1929, and since 1933; M.H.A., S.A., for Yorke Penin., since 1930, Whip in Butler Govt., since 1933; senior partner legal firm of Pattinson, Symons and Carne, of Adelaide, Maitland and Minalton, S.A.; director T.A. Doman and Co. Ltd., pastoralists; m. Dec.11, 1926, Florence, D. Mrs and late T.A. Doman, of St. Peters, S.A.; recreation, golf; address, 7 Winchester St, St. Peters, S.A.; club, Amateur Sports (Adelaide). Addendum:“To this day we live in the same house in Mosman where the Miss G. Pattinson (+ Miss E. Pattinson + their married sister Elsie and her husband Thomas Edwin Miles) lived from 1921 onwards. And it is where I would have first heard the stories of 'our brother Jack'. For a start when, about 1950, I first woke up to the story, Miss G. was already over 65 and no one took much notice of her. But her memories of the personality of her brother were very sharp. Everyone discounted them as 'romantic' or fantasy in those days. She tried to defend his personality from the outset as a man with charisma. She recounted the receipt of a telegram sealing his fate. She and the others would go over the timing and how close he got to the end of hostilities (November that year it was over and he was killed May). She would show me again and again his photographic portrait which she kept close by in her room. Then there was the amazing contrast in personality between Jack and Baden; one a rabble-rouser and the other so studious that he is almost employable at 15 in the field of law. Baden marries into a prominent SA pastoralist dynasty and becomes an earnest Minister for Education in the conservative government of Playfair, and finally a Knight! In this context you have to picture the household back at Gladstone Road, Mile End, Adelaide, SA: Mother dies giving birth to the 8th child, leaving Father, who works as a cooper at Hardy Bros Winery to care for 7 children. Cook/housekeeper = Miss G(ertrude), Miss Elsie is finishing her degree in Physics at Uni of Adelaide where she graduates in 1908 to become a teacher, Alice (dies 1927), Emma, John George, Beatrice Grace & Baden Powell are still climbing the education pole. 3 of the girls are musical and perform publicly as singers and actors in G & S shows, give recitals and concerts etc (echoes of Daphne? We can imagine the incredible nostalgia John George may have felt on meeting her, possibly in the hospital ward at Wandsworth as a visiting 'entertainer' ?) As teenagers we learned of the fate of the next generation, Uncle Jack’s son, Aberconway John Sefton Pattinson, in 1940 in the Battle for Britain. It was only believable because another of the sisters Grace (Mrs A. Gyton-Brown of Greenwich) had written to his mother Daphne and received some replies. To me in the swinging sixties, it all seemed such an impossible coincidence that both would die young. That was the truth of the 20th Century for the Pattinsons and we could only look back in awe.” Anthony Wallis Great nephew of Lt. John Pattinson MOSMAN NSW
© Donna Baldey 2011/2012 www.tunnellers.net With additional information from John Pattinson’s niece Sue Brown and his great-nephew Anthony Wallis, both of Sydney, and Mark Richard Cook Esq., England, whose research of Daphne and Aberconway has been invaluable. Photos courtesy Sue, Anthony, Simon and Mark, unless otherwise credited. Yüklə 91,12 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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he named him John Sefton Pattinson, but called him Jack in his early years. This was possibly connected to his father being known as ‘Larrikin Jack’ among his fellow officers on the Western Front [Adcock papers]. 
aden Powell b. 1899 at Adelaide, SA; died 1978. Dropped the ‘Powell’ by deed poll. (known as ‘Kern’ or ‘Kyrne’ by family, depending on who wrote the letter.)