LIEUT.-COL. PATTERSON DEAD.
. . AUCKLAND, Jan. 2. liifute'.iant-Oolonel Pattorson, officer - commanding tho Auckland district, ' . was found dead in bed this morning.^, He was fifty-six yj>ars of age, and ha<4'' be"ii connected with military affairs' in Auckland for thirty years. He Jgfi&^J^ formerly in command oi'' the/Auckland Garrison Artillery, 1 and' lator\ of the Coast Defence Corps. On tho outbreak 1 of. war ho took charge^ of the mobilisatiiui of ihe coast doiVncos, and continued in command until Colonel Hume whs appointed to command the, Wellington .district, three years a so, whoft be ' succeeded lo the command at Aftck- ■, ' land. ' ' , v
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9491, 3 January 1919, Page 4
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99LIEUT.-COL. PATTERSON DEAD. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9491, 3 January 1919, Page 4
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