LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Francis Edward POTTER
Service No: 21883
Born: Gladesville NSW, 14 February 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 February 1941
Unit: No. 5 Squadron
Died: Injuries from a Ground Accident on 26 May 1944, Mareeba QLD, 26 May 1944, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Atherton War Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alfred James Potter and Minnie Potter; husband of Shirley Potter, of Glenhuntly, Victoria.
Roll of Honour: Chullora NSW
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 26 May 1944, Sergeant Potter, a Fitter Armourer, was seriously injured with multiple shell wounds, when a detonator exploded while lecturing Army personnel at Wangella in the vicinity of Mareeba. Sergeant Potter was admitted to a Casualty Clearing Station but died of his injuries later that day. One Army member, Lance Corporal Norman Charles Boyd McGregor (NX30313) was killed and several were injured.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/33/171