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POTTINGER, Horace Fordham
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2219 |
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Enlisted: | 2 June 1915, Enlisted at Keswick SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | London, England, United Kingdom, 1885 |
Home Town: | Brighton, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 March 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton Arch of Remembrance, Brighton WW1 Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
2 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2219, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick SA | |
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21 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2219, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
21 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2219, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide | |
4 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2219, 27th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the left arm and invalided to England on 10 August 1916 | |
Date unknown: | Wounded 2219, 27th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Stephen and Jane Pottinger of Kentish Town, NW London, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal