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Victor Charles Potts

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Portrait of Victor Charles Potts, taken in 1941 after the Battle of Crete. Image kindly provided by Ngaire Skelton (March 2022).

Portrait of Victor Charles Potts, taken in 1941 after the Battle of Crete. Image kindly provided by …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Victor Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Potts AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Vic AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 2493 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 December 1916 Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM 18 Margot Street, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr G.A. Potts (father), 11 Chelsea Avenue, Otahuhu, Auckland, 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
    WWII 2493 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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • He was a member of the KEV

    A graveside service was held for Victor Potts at Pukekohe Cemetery. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 January 1999 AWMM
    Age 82 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Pukekohe Cemetery, Wellington Street, Pukekohe, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Obituary: 20 January 1999. AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 1: WW2 146 AWMM

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04 March 2022Ngaire GracePatumahoe, NewZealandChild

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