Leslie Potter

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Leslie AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Potter AWMM

Nama Hōia

• WWI 18500 AWMM
• WWII 81777 AWMM
• WWII 30003 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

13 Sept 1894 AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

• WW1 Pre 10 Aug 1916 AWMM Unknown AWMM
• WW2 Unknown AWMM C/o C.J. Steedman, Bank of New Zealand, Tauranga AWMM
• Jayforce Unknown AWMM C/o C.J. Steedman, Bank of New Zealand, Tauranga AWMM

Mahi whai muri i te pakanga

Soldier/Military AWMM

Uri kiritahi

• WW1 John Potter (father), Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Mrs T. Potter (wife), c/o C.J. Steedman, Bank of New Zealand, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM
• Jayforce Mrs T. Potter (wife), c/o C.J. Steedman, Bank of New Zealand, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Pre 19 Aug 1916 AWMM Single AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Married/Jayforce AWMM

Pakanga

• Regular Military Service AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
• Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

• Solomon Islands Campaign AWMM
• Pacific Theatre of War AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

• WWI 18500 AWMM
• WWII 81777 AWMM
• WWII 30003 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

• Served as Major with Indian Army, 1926-28 AWMM
• 4 Reserve Battalion AWMM
• Otago Regiment, 2 Battalion AWMM
• Indian Army AWMM
• Northern Military District, New Zealand AWMM
• 14 New Zealand Infantry Brigade AWMM
• Central Military District AWMM
• British Commonwealth Occupation Force Japan (BCOF), Headquarters AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) AWMM
• Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
  DSO: New Zealand Gazette, 7 September 1944. Citation: "Brigadier Leslie Potter of the 14th NZ Infantry Brigade has given distinguished service in the field. Brigadier Potter commanded 14th NZ Brigade in the operations at Vella Lavella in September and October 1943, and also the attack and seizure of the Green (Nissan) Island Group. In both operations his sound appreciation of the tactical problems involved and the plans he made for the deployment of his troops contributed largely to the success which attended out [sic] arms. In the operations at Vella Lavella the boldness of his initial plan and speed with which he executed it, left the enemy little time to organise his defensive positions and materially lessened the number of our casualties. In both operations he showed marked qualities of leadership. He was throughout in the closest possible touch with his troops and directed their movement with marked success." (Haigh & Polaschek, p205) AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• 1939-1945 Star AWMM
• Pacific Star AWMM
• Defence Medal AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 with oak leaf AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
• Coronation Medal 1937 AWMM
• New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches
  Public - Dale - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - Officers' Book, 14th Brigade, N.Z.E.F.I.P.

Whakangungu ope taua

Graduated from Royal Military College Duntroon, Australia, 1915 AWMM

Te urunga

• WW1 10 Aug 1916 AWMM
  Age  21 AWMM
  Unknown/Civilian AWMM
• WW2 Unknown AWMM Soldier/Military AWMM
• WW2 Unknown AWMM Soldier/Military AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

• WW1 20 Aug 1916-24 Oct 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 63 AWMM Vessel was Navua AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM 14 Brigade AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• WW2 Brigadier/Military AWMM Headquarters, Infantry Brigade AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM
• WW2 Unknown Transport AWMM Vessel was Unknown Ship AWMM Brigadier/Military AWMM Headquarters, 3 New Zealand Division Base AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  3rd Embarkation AWMM
• Jayforce British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) Japan AWMM
  4th Embarkation AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
Wounded in June 1917 AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW2 Brigadier/Military AWMM

Matenga

7 Apr 1964 AWMM
Age  69 AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/name-016564.html
  Further Reference
• National Archives of New Zealand, National Collection of War Art. Portrait.
  http://warart.archives.govt.nz/node/145
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24186083
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24186084
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24186085
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24186086
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24186087
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24186088
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24062639
  Further Reference
• Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22440245
  Sources Used
• J Force Wikipedia Page
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Force
  Further Reference
• Romano, G. (2021, March 4). Jayforce: 75 years on. Auckland War Memorial Museum – Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/jayforce
  Further Reference
• J Force - The 1948 Freyberg Cup (9776). A radio recording of this man in Japan in 1948 can be heard on Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision's website.
  https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/9776
  Further Reference
• Johnston, S. (2025, August 11). Voices of J Force: Recordings of New Zealanders in post-war Japan. Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
  https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/explore-stories/stories/new-zealand-history/voices-of-j-force-recordings-of-new-zealanders-in-post-war-japan/
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• The Weekly News
  The Weekly News 1944
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  38: 5
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 9: WW2 321
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 12: WW2 156
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 14: WW2 79
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 16: WW2 107
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
• Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press.
• Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
• Parr, A. (2012). The occupiers : New Zealand veterans remember post-war Japan. Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin.
• Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
• HQ 3 (NZ) Div. NZEFIP. Official Dinner, New Caledonia, 9 August 1943. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, EPH-W2-10-7.
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