BORN IXWORTH, SUFFOLK 1884. SON OF HARRY & MARY ANN POTTER (1855-1902). SON OF AN ESTATE AGENT. HE WORKED AS A RAILWAY BRAKE EXAMINER. HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 13/07/1910. WIFE RACHAEL ANNIE HARVEY (1883-1949), LIVED AT THIS HULL ADDRESS AND LATER 13 LINCOLN STREET, WINCOLMLEE. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA, ON 15/09/1910. WORKED AS A LABOURER AND LIVED AT 3 DIBBS STREET, MILLER’S POINT, SYDNEY. HE ENLISTED AT LIVERPOOL, NEW SOUTH WALES, ON 18/06/1915, AGED 30. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, 144 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, DARK HAIR AND COMPLEXION, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. SERVED IN THE 18TH AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE AT GALLIPOLI, FROM 11/10/1915. EVACUATED WITH DYSENTRY. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, 0N 25/03/916. TOOK PART IN A TRENCH RAID, THE FOLLOWING NIGHT ON 27/03/1916, WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL, IN THE LEFT FOOT. EVACUATED TO HAREFIELD GENERAL HOSPITAL, FULHAM, ENGLAND. CLASSIFIED AS C1 CONDITION. TRANSFERRED TO AUSTRALIAN KIT STORES DEPOT. STATIONED AT WEYMOUTH, CODFORD AND HURDCOTT, ENGLAND.HE REJOINED HIS UNIT IN FRANCE, ON 13/02/1918. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/03/1918, AGED 35. BURIED AT PERONNE CEMETERY ON THE SOMME, FRANCE. HE LEFT BROTHERS, WILFRED, SYDNEY, RICHARD AND BERTIE. HIS BROTHER VICTOR BRUCE POTTER, DIED IN WEST HAM, LONDON IN 1916, AGED 34.
Potter, Charles Harry
First name:
CHARLES HARRY
Military Number:
1994
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/08/1918
Place died:
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
35
10 FLIXBOROUGH TERRACE, TERRY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
