Wilfred Glen POTTER

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POTTER, Wilfred Glen

Service Number:	115396
Enlisted:	30 July 1942, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 6 Service Flying Training School Mallala
Born:	Morphett Vale, South Australia, 1 May 1915
Home Town:	Edwardstown, Marion, South Australia
Schooling:	7th Grace QC Examination
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Illness, 105th Australian General Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 17 November 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Plot B. Row D. Grave 7.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

30 Jul 1942:	Involvement 115396
30 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 115396, No. 6 Service Flying Training School Mallala, Adelaide, SA
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

A coroner's report is being prepared on the death in a military hospital on Wednesday of Leading Aircraftman Wilfred Glen Potter, 29, married, of Ormonde avenue., Edwardstown East. Potter collapsed and died suddenly while undergoing an X-ray examination of his throat. Constable A. C. Fry, of Colonel Light Gardens, is preparing the report.

Court of Enquiry - The abovenamed airman, Carpenter Rigger, No. 6 S.F.T.S. died at No. 7 R.A.A.F. Hospital (105 A.G.H. Section) Colonel Light Gardens, at aprrox, 1215 hours on 17 November 1943. Airman was on duty at time of death. Cause of death was Cardiac and respitory failure following the use of Decicain as a loal anaestheict preparatory to the taking of a bronchogram. No pseron or persons were to blae for same, airman having a sensitivity to Decicain. There is no reconised test for the ascertainment of such sensitivity prior to the use of Decicain upon the patient.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Ernest Joseph POTTER and Florrie nee COLLINS

Husband of Shirley Marjorie POTTER nee MOULE of North Adelaide, SA

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