Gerald Peel POTTER MID

Gerald Peel POTTER MID Update Details

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Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	1 September 1915, Artillery Cadets England and AVAC Tasmania
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bolton, Lancashire, England, 14 March 1882
Home Town:	Conara Junction, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Malvern College, Wostershire, Clare College Cambridge
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Heart attack, Injuries from a fall. , Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. , 3 September 1930, aged 48 years
Cemetery:	Christ Church Cemetery, Longford, Tasmania
Memorials:	Fingal Roll of Honour, Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll

4 Sep 1820:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
1 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 26th Infantry Battalion, Artillery Cadets England and AVAC Tasmania
13 Dec 1915:	Embarked 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Hobart
13 Dec 1915:	Involvement 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
13 Dec 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 26th Infantry Battalion
28 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
4 Oct 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches

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