Fragments of the First AIF - Lieut Penistan James Patterson
- Meleah Hampton
- Apr 24
- 2 min read
Penistan Patterson, a young man from Swan Hill, Vic, and Port Pirie, SA, was one of Australia's first staff cadets at the Royal Military College Duntroon. And then he became the first graduated student to be killed in action during the First World War.
Sources:
‘Those Who Have Died for Freedom’s Cause,’ The Bendigo Advertiser, 10 May 1915, p.2.
‘Death of Mr James Penistan,’ The Bendigo Independent, 29 December 1899, p.2.
‘Port Pirie Presbyterian Church: Induction of the Rev. J. Patterson,’ Petersburg Times, 14 August 1906, p.1.
‘The Rev. J. Patterson: Retirement from the Port Pirie Presbyterian Church,’ The Wooroora Producer, 21 December 1911, p.4.
‘Port Pirie Presbyterian Church,’ Quorn Mercury, 24 December 1907, p.3.
‘Kitchener’s Visit,’ The Hillston Spectator & Lachlan River Advertiser, 14 January 1910, p.2.
‘Kitchener’s Report,’ The Mount Barker Courier & Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser, 25 February 1910, p.2.
‘Staff College: History of Duntroon,’ The West Australian, 2 October 1944, p.6.
‘The Kitchener College, and a Military Caste,’ The Star, 26 March 1910, p.15.
‘Officers in the Making: Duntroon Work Reviewed,’ The Herald, 27 November 1919, p.3.
‘Port Pirie High School,’ The Chronicle, 22 April 1911, p.15.
‘Killed in Action: Lieutenant Patterson,’ Swan Hill Guardian & Lake Boga Advocate, 10 May 1915, p.2.
‘Australia and the War,’ Moree Gwydir Examiner & General Advertiser, 7 August 1914, p.4.
‘The Duntroon Cadets,’ Warwick Daily News, 10 April 1919, p.4.
‘Lieutenant Patterson,’ Port Pirie Recorder & North Western Mail, 19 August 1915, p.3.
‘In the Country: The Late Lieut. P.J. Patterson,’ Bendigo Advertiser, 27 June 1916, p.5.
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