Walter Arthur POTTER

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POTTER, Walter Arthur

Service Number:	4578
Enlisted:	16 August 1915, Holdsworthy
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 10 November 1884
Home Town:	Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 22 June 1945, aged 60 years
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Old Family Rose Garden 68, 0014A
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4578, Holdsworthy
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 4578, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 4578, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
9 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4578, 54th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Benjamin George POTTER, Benray Goods St., Granville, NSW

Reported as killed in action 20 July 1916 but was officially reported as prisoner of war in German 30 August 1916. Captured 20 July 1916 and interned at "Dulmen i Weilf" Germany. Repatriated to England 14 Aprl 1918 from Holland and admitted to King George Hospial with GSW to the Right Arm (severe).

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