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Military service
Service number:
802074
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
October 21, 1895
Caradoc, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 26, 1915
Strathroy, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Arras Road Cemetery, Memorial 32.
Additional information
Son of Martha Patterson of Longwood, Ontario, and Neil Patterson.
Digital gallery of Private Asa John Patterson
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Cemetery
Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Grave marker
October, 2007 -
Badge
Cap Badge 135th Bn (Middlesex). Private Patterson was originally a member of the 135th Bn before transfer to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Vimy Cross
The Vimy Cross was returned to the 48th Highlanders after the war by the CWGC and currently rests in a place of honour in their Regimental Museum. All the names of those 15th Battalion members killed during battle at Vimy Ridge remain clearly visible on the cross. Photo by BGen (ret) G Young and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Vimy Cross
Vimy Cross erected by the 15th Battalion following the 9 April 1917 battle at Vimy Ridge to commemorate those who fell during the engagement. Photo from the archives of the 48th Highlanders Museum, Toronto. Provided by BGen (ret) G Young and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Asa Patterson is honoured on the Mt Brydges cenotaph, the Caradoc Community Centre Memorial wall and the Strathroy Cenotaph. This is a photo of the honours list on the Mt Byrdges cenotaph. -
Biography
Submitted by 15th Bn memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Mt Brydges Cenotaph.
Mt Brydges Cenotaph. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Inscription
Close up indicating Asa Patterson's name, Mt Brydges Cenotaph. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cenotaph
The 15th Battalion Vimy cross memorial was erected and dedicated at Ecurie, France close to the site where the original wooden Vimy cross was erected on the battlefield near Nine Elms Cemetery on 10 April 1917. The memorial is a granite replica of that cross and bears the names of fifty-four of the battalion's Fallen that were inscribed on the original - including Pte Asa Patterson. Photograph taken in September 2018 at the dedication ceremony and is submitted by the 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Cenotaph
Private Asa John Patterson is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Strathroy, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cenotaph
Private Asa John Patterson is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Strathroy, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Asa John Patterson
Digital gallery of
Private Asa John Patterson
Digital gallery of
Private Asa John Patterson
Digital gallery of
Private Asa John Patterson
Digital gallery of
Private Asa John Patterson
Digital gallery of
Private Asa John Patterson
Digital gallery of
Private Asa John Patterson
Digital gallery of
Private Asa John Patterson
Digital gallery of
Private Asa John Patterson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 306 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY (France) Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village about 6.5 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Lens. The NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY is on the western side of the main road and about 1.5 kilometres south of the village.
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