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Ronald Campbell Potts

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Campbell AWMM
  • Surname
    Potts AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    244977 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 November 1921 Public source Stratford, Taranaki Public source
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Mountain Road, South Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M.M. Potts (mother), Gisborne Terrace, Opunake, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    244977 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Driver 10 Mechanical Transport Company Public - Ross - Other relative - 9 September 2017 - Military Personnel File

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Robert Angus John Potts (575433), Clement Alexander Potts (297850), Gordon Ernest Potts (5300) and Ronald Campbell Potts (244977) were brothers who all served in WW2 and were sons of Minnie May Rogers and William Robert Potts. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    19 February 1997 Public source
    Age 76 AWMM
    Stratford, Taranaki Public source
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Kopuatama Cemetery, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM Plot 54, RSA row X AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 15: WW2 115 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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09 September 2017RossBulls NzOther relative

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