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POTTS, James Carter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6250 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 April 1916, Blackboy Hill |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Paratoo, South Australia, 2 December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Popanyinning, Cuballing, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Contractor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bruce Rock District WW1 Roll of Honour, Bruce Rock Memorial of Honour, Bruce Rock War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Pingelly Memorial Rotunda, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6250, Blackboy Hill | |
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| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6250, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6250, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6250, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Bullecourt (First) |
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