Pembroke POTTS

POTTS, Pembroke

Service Numbers: 53, N/A (Comissioned)
Enlisted: 24 August 1914, C Squadron
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born: Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 10 December 1897
Home Town: Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer (later Motor Mechanic)
Died: Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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Boer War Service

3 Nov 1899: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 53, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Departed SS Aberdeen 03-November-1899 Returned HMT Orient 08-January-1901

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, N/A (Comissioned), 2nd Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron
24 Sep 1914: Involvement 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914: Embarked 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by James Coleman

Pembroke Potts (incorrectly spelt Penbroke in NAA) was born in Orange NSW, the son of William Speakman POTTS and Matilda Elizabeth PEMBROKE

He served as a Private in the Bore War with 'A' Squadron NSW Mounted Rifles & Bush Veldt Carabineers

He served as Lieutenant in WW1 with the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron in Egypt & Gallipoli

In 1916 he was dismissed from His Majestys Service by District Court Martial for "fraudentually missaplying Regimental funds for personal gain"

 

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