1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (New Zealand Army)
Date Of Birth:
12/11/1885
Died:
12/10/1917 (Killed in Action)
Age:
31
Summary
Archibald Patton was the son of John and Sarah Patton. He was born on 12th November 1885 in the Portglenone area, probably in Tyanee where he lived. He was one of ten children. They were a farming family. Archibald Patton emigrated to New Zealand. Prior to enlisting Archibald was living in Erua area of the North Island of New Zealand. He was described as being a settler. He had previously worked for the Railway Depot. Rifleman Archibald Patton was serving with the 1st Battalion (A Company) of the 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade when he was killed in action near Ypres in Belgium on 12th October 1917.
Further Information
Archibald Patton was the second youngest son of John and Sarah Patton. John Patton and Sarah Crockett were married on 26th December 1872 in the district of Magherafelt.
Archibald Patton was born on 12th November 1885 in the Bellaghy / Portglenone area, probably in Tyanee where he lived. He was one of ten children, eight surviving.
Family: John Patton, Sarah Patton, William Patton (born 30th September 1873), Annie Patton (born 6th November 1874), Margaret Patton (born 24th April 1876, died 10th September 1886), James Patton (born 20th July 1877), George Patton (born 10th November 1878, died 14th November 1888), John Patton (born 20th November 1880), Elizabeth Patton (born 18th May 1882), Mary Maria Patton (born 24th January 1884), Archibald Patton (born 12th November 1885), Samuel Patton (born 26th August 1887)
The 1901 census lists Archie Patton as age 15 living with the family at house 84 in Tyanee, Claudy, County Londonderry. He was still at school. They were a farming family.
The 1911 census does not list Archie as living with the family at house 98 in Tyanee, Clady, County Londonderry.
Archibald Patton emigrated to New Zealand. There was an Archibald Paton, who arrived 25 November 1907 in Wellington.
Prior to enlisting Archibald was living in Erua/Taumarunui area of the North Island of New Zealand. He was described as being a settler. He had previously worked for the Railway Depot.
Archibald Patton enlisted on 3rd April 1916 at Trentham Military Camp, near Wellington.
His sister, Elizabeth Patton, is named as his next of along with his father. She was living at Seafieldview Road, Auckland, New Zealand.
Another sister, Maria Kyle, was living in Lyndhurst Street, Gisborne, New Zealand.
Rifleman Archibald Patton was serving with the 1st Battalion (A Company) of the 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade when he was killed in action near Ypres in Belgium on 12th October 1917.
The Auckland Star, dated 13 December 1917, reported that he had been killed in action. It states he had relatives in Whangarei.
From the Northern Constitution dated 17th November 1917:
Mr John Patton, Tyanee, has been informed that his son, Private Archie Patton, aged 30, of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, was killed in action on 12th October 1917. Private Patton emigrated thirteen years ago and was one of the first to volunteer in 1914.
Rifleman Patton is buried in Perth Cemetery (China Wall), which is located 3 kilometres east of Ypres town centre.
Archibald Patton is also commemorated in 1st Portglenone Presbyterian Church. A memorial tablet was erected by his brother in Innisrush Parish Church.
The CWGC record Rifleman Archibald Patton as the son of John and Sarah Patton, of Lydnee, Portglenone, Co. Antrim, Ireland. This should be Tyanee, Portglenone.
