Benjamin POTTER

Regimental number7618
Place of birthWolverhampton, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationRiveter
Address7 Sturt Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Benjamin Potter, same address
Enlistment date12 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameAustralian Reserve Park 1, Reinforcement 11
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Motor Transport Company
FateDied of wounds 3 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
181
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Benjamin and Mary POTTER, Sturt Street, South Melbourne. Native of Wolverhampton, Staffs.,