POTTER, Frank Hales
| Service Number: | 153 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, 16 May 1890 |
| Home Town: | Wodonga, Wodonga, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Bairnsdale College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | GSW right thigh, Passchendaele, Belgium, 3 November 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France Plot IV, Row L, Grave 3 |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Warrant Officer, 153, 10th Machine Gun Company | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Involvement 153, 10th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 27 May 1916: | Embarked 153, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 10th Machine Gun Company | |
| 27 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Machine Gun Company | |
| 3 Nov 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 10th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 10th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-11-03 | |
| 18 Apr 1918: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Third Ypres |
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From Thierry Grier, Footsteps 1914-1918
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FRANK HALES POTTER was born on 16th May, 1890, at Wodonga, Victoria. His parents were Mr. John Cochrane Potter (for many years manager of the Bairnsdale Branch of the Bank) and Mrs. Fanny Mary Potter. He was educated at Bairnsdale College, Victoria, joining the Bank’s staff on 21st January, 1908, at Melbourne. In the following April he was transferred to Richmond, Victoria; in February, 1910, to Hay, New South Wales, where in January, 1911, he was appointed ledger-keeper; and in October, 1912, promoted to teller at Jerilderie. Frank Hales Potter enlisted on 24th July, 1915, and was a member of the 10th Machine Gun Company, leaving Australia in May, 1916, as a warrant officer. He was promoted to lieutenant during his eleven months’ service in France, and was shot when leading his section on 13th October, 1917, dying three weeks later of his wounds at the 14th General Hospital, Wimmereux. Lieutenant Frank Potter was mentioned in despatches by Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig on 7th November, 1917, for the gallant and distinguished service he had rendered in the field. The despatch was published in the second supplement to the London “ Gazette” dated 25th December, 1917.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
HAVE MERCY UPON HIM LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
FRANK HALES POTTER was born on 16th May, 1890, at Wodonga, Victoria. His parents were Mr. John Cochrane Potter (for many years manager of the Bairnsdale Branch of the Bank) and Mrs. Fanny Mary Potter. He was educated at Bairnsdale College, Victoria, joining the Bank’s staff on 21st January, 1908, at Melbourne. In the following April he was transferred to Richmond, Victoria; in February, 1910, to Hay, New South Wales, where in January, 1911, he was appointed ledger-keeper; and in October, 1912, promoted to teller at Jerilderie.
Frank Hales Potter enlisted on 24th July, 1915, and was a member of the 10th Machine Gun Company, leaving Australia in May, 1916, as a warrant officer. He was promoted to lieutenant during his eleven months’ service in France, and was shot when leading his section on 13th October, 1917, dying three weeks later of his wounds at the 14th General Hospital, Wimmereux.
Lieutenant Frank Potter was mentioned in despatches by Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig on 7th November, 1917, for the gallant and distinguished service he had rendered in the field. The despatch was published in the second supplement to the London “ Gazette” dated 25th December, 1917.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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