John Kirker Potts

Forenames

John Kirker AWMM

Surname

Potts AWMM

Service number

• 8597 AWMM
• 8592 AWMM
• 10/1142 AWMM
• WWI 10/1142 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

17 Feb 1880 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Address before enlistment

• Pre 08 Apr 1902 AWMM Thames, New Zealand AWMM
• Pre 03 Sep 1914 AWMM Railway, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• William Henry Potts (father), Thames, New Zealand AWMM
• William Henry Potts (father), Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• South Africa AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• 8597 AWMM
• 8592 AWMM
• 10/1142 AWMM
• WWI 10/1142 AWMM

Military service

Thames No 1 Rifles, 6 years AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Queen's South Africa Medal (South Africa 1902 clasp) AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa 08 Apr 1902 AWMM
  Age  24 AWMM
  Miner/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 03 Sep 1914 AWMM
  Age  34 AWMM
  Bridge Labourer, New Zealand Railways/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa Private AWMM 10th Contingent AWMM 10th Contingent, 1st AWMM
• WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 7 or HMNZT 10 AWMM Vessel was Arawa or Limerick AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 11 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  164 pounds AWMM
• Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
  fair AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Light brown AWMM
• Tattoos, Unknown Period AWMM
  tattoos - bull dog, flag left upper arm; tattoo right forearm AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, South Africa AWMM
  Auckland August 1902, cough, nausea, gastro as a result of service in South Africa AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 11" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  164 lb AWMM

Last rank

• South Africa Private AWMM
  New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 10th Contingent AWMM
• WW1 Private AWMM
  Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  37 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Chunuk Bair Memorial AWMM

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland Railway Station, Te Taou Crescent, Auckland 1010. AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20522879
  Further Reference

References

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 589
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.