potter, walter ernest

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Potter, Walter Ernest Service Number 3395

Killed in Action 19th July 1916 France

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Benalyn Campbell

And Vivienne Tranter

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NAME Potter, Walter Ernest

SERVICE NO 3395

UNIT 2nd

Battalion/11th Reinf./ 53

rd Battalion

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 25 yrs 4 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Diss, Raydon, Norfolk, England

ADDRESS c/- Miss I Wood, Ivanhoe, East Parade, Sutherland, NSW

OCCUPATION A fuelman

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 5 Aug 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Warwick Farm, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Father;- William Robert Potter, Diss, Raydon, Norfolk, England (died) Mother;- M A Potter, 2 Raydon Villas, Shellfinger Rd., Diss, Norfolk

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’4¼”. Weight-126lbs. Chest-34½”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Dark.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED

DISEMBARKED

NOTES 19 Jul 1916- MIA- France

WOUNDED/ILLNESS Wounded Pozieres

DIED 19 Jul 1916-

BURIED

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-9655, British War Medal-23087, Victory Medal-22918. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-330151.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS

WILL Beneficiaries;- Father (in Englnad) & Mrs I Wood

CORRESPONDENCE Isabella Wood, Ivanhoe Cottage, East Parade, Sutherland NSW/ Public Trustee/ Sister Mrs L M Thurlow, 2 Roydon Villa, Shelfinger Rd., Diss, Norfolk, Eng/

Gosford Times 25th August 1916 Woy Woy Soldiers A cable has just been received stating the Private Walter Potter, son of Mr Potter, one time station-master at Woy Woy, had been killed in action in France on Jul 19 or 20. Private George Lukine, who enlisted from Woy Woy, has been reported missing since 19

th July

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8021341

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