Francis Edward POTTER

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Service Number:	21883
Enlisted:	13 February 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	HQ North Eastern Area Command (RAAF)
Born:	Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia, 14 February 1922
Home Town:	Chullora, Bankstown, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Mareeba, Queensland, Australia, Mareeba, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, 26 May 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Atherton War Cemetery, Queensland B.A.15., Atherton War Cemetery, Atherton, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 21883
13 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), RAAF Ground Training Schools
13 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 21883, No. 5 Squadron (RAAF)
26 May 1944:	Involvement Sergeant, 21883, HQ North Eastern Area Command (RAAF), 5 Squadron - Mareeba

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Son of Alfred James Potter and Minnie Potter

Husband of Shirley Potter of Glenhuntly, Victoria

Sergeant Francis Edward Potter 21883 was a Fitter Armourer at Number 5 Squadron - he was killed in an Armament accident at Mareeba Airfield

His death is mentioned in the book “Beau’s, Butchers and Boomerangs - Mareeba Airfield 1942-45” by Damian Waters

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