William POTTER

Regimental number26/1099
OccupationGardener
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Potter, Society, Hopetoun, South Queensferry, Scotland
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimaroa on 6 February 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Cyclist Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot IXA, Row C, Grave No 2), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Peter and Agnes Potter, Society, Hopetoun, South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 31

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