Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Canadian Officers Training Corps
Lieutenant Major

Born: June 24th 1909, Amulree, North Easthope Twsp.
Died: August 2nd 1944, *Killed in Action in Tilly-La-Campayne near Caen, France ... buried in Bretteville-Sur-Laize Cemetery, Normandy, WVIII H.11
Attended: Clachan School, North Easthope, Stratford Collegiate
Institute, Kitchener Secondary School, Straford Normal School
After School: Taught at Public Schools in area - Shakespeare, New Hamburg; also taught at Grace St. Public School, Toronto and C.O.T.C. Unit
Enlisted: 1940 Canadian Army after completing Officer's Training School
Trained: from British Columbia to Newfoundland
Served: England, France
*Killed in Action, August 2nd, 1944
Family: Parents - John and Isabel Paterson (died in childbirth); stepmother - Edna [Roegele] Fisher
Brothers - Alex, Donald, George
Sisters - Catherine, Christene, Mary, Grace
Wife - Married Christine McTavish April 16 1938
Son - lan, married to Wanda Moore; live in Stratford

Comments: Member of Masonic Lodge, Tavistock, #609.