POTTS, Donald McIntosh
| Service Number: | 2760 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 1899 |
| Home Town: | Willoughby, Willoughby, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Willoughby Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 13 June 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Plot IV, Row d, Grave No. 36. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Willoughby Old Boys Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2760, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2760, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2760, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Donald Potts belonged to a family which had a remarkable record of service. His father 3880 Pte. Clarence Henry Potts, 13th Battalion, returned to Australia, 25 August 1917 (overage, enlisted at age 45). His brothers, 709 Sergeant Alexander Henry Potts, 2nd Battalion, served at the Anzac Landing and was returned to Australia, 17 June 1916 with a bullet wound to the left knee. Lieutenant Clarence McIntosh Potts, 13th and 45th Battalions was awarded a Military Cross and returned to Australia, 1 May 1919, then served in WW2 and spent 3 years in Changi as a prisoner of the Japanese. Hector Potts, Submarine Branch, Royal Australian Navy, enlisted 1917 aged 16 and served in the Royal Australian Navy until 1943.
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