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POTTS, John Worden
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2701 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wirrabarra Forest, South Australia, Australia, 14 January 1897 |
| Home Town: | Wirrabara, Mount Remarkable, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Wirrabara Forest School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 16 February 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known Grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wirrabara District WW1 Roll of Honour, Wirrabara War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2701, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide | |
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| 25 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2701, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2701, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Adam Murray Potts and Lilian Mary (nee Hill) Potts of Wirrabarra, SA; brother of Alexander Murray Potts, Lindsay Gordon Potts; Clara Margaret Potts, Agnes Elizabeth Potts and Adam George Potts,
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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