Potter, Walter Ernest

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Allen Potter,Edmund Walter Ernest

Service Service Number Number 1494 3395 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 19th July 1916 Gallipoli Peninsula France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Potter, Walter Ernest

SERVICE NO

3395

UNIT

2nd Battalion/11th Reinf./ 53rd Battalion

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

25 yrs 4 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Diss, Raydon, Norfolk, England

ADDRESS

c/- Miss I Wood, Ivanhoe, East Parade, Sutherland, NSW

OCCUPATION

A fuelman

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

5 Aug 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Warwick Farm, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE NEXT OF KIN

Father;- William Robert Potter, Diss, Raydon, Norfolk, England (died) Mother;- M A Potter, 2 Raydon Villas, Shellfinger Rd., Diss, Norfolk

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height-5’4¼”. Weight-126lbs. Chest-34½”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Dark.

RELIGION

C/E

EMBARKED DISEMBARKED NOTES

19 Jul 1916- MIA- France

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

Wounded Pozieres

DIED

19 Jul 1916-

BURIED MEDALS

1914-15 Star-9655, British War Medal-23087, Victory Medal-22918. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-330151.

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS WILL

Beneficiaries;- Father (in Englnad) & Mrs I Wood

CORRESPONDENCE

Isabella Wood, Ivanhoe Cottage, East Parade, Sutherland NSW/ Public Trustee/ Sister Mrs L M Thurlow, 2 Roydon Villa, Shelfinger Rd., Diss, Norfolk, Eng/

Gosford Times 25th August 1916 Woy Woy Soldiers A cable has just been received stating the Private Walter Potter, son of Mr Potter, one time station-master at Woy Woy, had been killed in action in France on Jul 19 or 20. Private George Lukine, who enlisted from Woy Woy, has been reported missing since 19th July

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8021341

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