Alan Gilbert POTTER

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Service Number:	417302
Enlisted:	28 March 1942, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 5 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Born:	Warracknabeal, Victoria, AUSTRALIA, 26 February 1913
Home Town:	Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Accidental, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, 23 July 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Eglantine Church of Ireland Cemetery, Lisburn, Northern Ireland Sec. E. Grave 34.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lameroo Oval Memorial Gates

28 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417302, Adelaide, South Australia
20 Jun 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
10 Dec 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant
10 Jun 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
23 Jul 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417302, No. 5 Operational Training Unit (RAF), KIlled in a flying accident on this day. " HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE NOW SAFE HOME WITH GOD."

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