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POTTS, Harry Lincoln
| Service Number: | 3342 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 September 1915, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ironbridge, Shropshire, England United Kingdom, 1 June 1897 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Norwood High School, Mount Gambier High School |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper's Assistant |
| Died: | 4 October 1977, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated remains scattered at cemetery |
| Memorials: | Mount Gambier High School Great War Roll of Honor, Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3342, 27th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 12 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3342, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3342, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3342, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graeme Roulstone
3342 Harry Lincoln POTTS was born at Iron Bridge, Shropshire, England. He was enrolled at Mount Gambier High School on 21 May 1912 by his father, William A. Potts, minister of religion, of Grey Street, Mount Gambier. He left the school on 21 December 1912.
He enlisted in Adelaide on 15 September 1915 (18, storekeeper’s assistant, single, Methodist) naming his mother, Mrs Louisa Potts of Mount Gambier, as his next of kin). He embarked from Adelaide on the ‘Medic’ on 12 January 1916, disembarked at Marseilles 27 March 1916 and joined the 27th Battalion on 15 June 1916. He was wounded (thigh, severe) on 27 June 1916 during an enemy bombardment, being evacuated to England on 29 June. Released to 7th Training Battalion 13 September 1916, he was hospitalised again, this time with bronchitis from 10 to 28 February 1917. He was transferred to 70th Battalion in England on 23 March 1917, but this was disbanded when AIF Command decided not to form a 6th Division as had been intended.
He returned to France on 14 October 1917, and re-joined the 27th Battalion on 20 October. He was hospitalised suffering from a hernia on 13 January 1918, and did not re-join the 27th Battalion until 25 April. He was hospitalised again with the hernia on 14 May 1918, and re- joined the 27th Battalion on 26 September 1918. He was granted leave to England from 20 October to 6 November 1918. Hospitalised with cellulitis on 8 January 1919, he was sent to England on 17 January, discharged from hospital 6 February, and granted leave till 6 March.
Left England for return to Australia on the ‘Karoa’ on 25 March 1919, disembarked on 7 May, and discharged from the AIF on 21 June.
Published in Ours: the origins and early years of Mount Gambier High School and Old Scholars who served in the Great European War by Graeme Roulstone
Biography contributed by Steve Larkins
Served in France, Belgium.
Wounded, Messines, Belgium, 8 June 1916; invalided to 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, England.
Resident post war at 19 Robsart St PARKSIDE SA per RSL Membership records
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