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Yes - the Patterson/Paterson mixed naming makes things tricky.I'm also wondering if the one 't' spelling of surname might be him. Many of the press reports of his time at Williamstown do indeed spell his name as J Paterson.
Good clue with that marriage reference in the 6 June 1936 paper....
I've been trying to trace his wife who played tennis and found http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162546331 which refers to Mrs Mena Paterson.
This suggests possibility of John Southey Paterson, born 27 May 1908 in Ballarat East, Victoria (BMD rego under Patasson!) who married Hermena Louisa Rose Faber in 1936. They lived in South Melbourne until the 1950s and this corresponds with this article from 1939 which says "He (Jack Paterson) lives at South Melbourne and likes living there as much as he likes playing for 'Town."