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During World War 1 he enlisted and served as a Camelier in the Imperial Camel Brigade in the Middle East. Pat was a signaller and received serious wounds. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) for bravery while fighting near Amman, which is the capital of Jordan. John Robertson has written a book about their battalion, "With the Cameliers in Palestine". Pat is mentioned on page 170. Click on this link to read it http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Came-t1-body-d17.html Click here to see information about the medal http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/i/i18.html . The photo on the right is of Pat in uniform
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Taken at John and Jean's wedding May 17 1952. Ray, Charles, Lois, John, Mavis, Pat, Ian, Vi, Bryan, Robert, Ron
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