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James Frederick GOTHAM-POTTER
1920 - 1942 (22 years) Has 31 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Name James Frederick GOTHAM-POTTER Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 4 Feb 1920 New Zealand - Shown as aged 22 years when death registered
Gender Male Military Service to 1942 New Zealand Army Service Corps - Driver - Service no. 1/9B/476
Died 2 Jun 1942 New Zealand - From WW2 info.
Also, from NZ index of historical BMD registrations
CWGC entry
Died serving in the New Zealand Army Service Corps in World War 2
Buried 4 Jun 1942 O'Neill's Point Cemetery, 122, Bayswater Avenue, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand - Gravestone inscription:
"I/9B/476 Dvr J.F. Gotham-Potter N.Z. Army Service Corps died 2-6-1942 aged 22"
Also on the cross is a cross with a fern(?) leaf and N.Z.M.F.
(from photo on BillionGraves website)
Date of burial from Auckland Council website
CWGC details for this cemetery
War Memorial Aft 1972 Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand - New Zealand history website, with details and photos of this memorial.
A modern war memorial, last war whose victims are commemorated on it ended 1972.
Siblings 2 brothers Patriarch & Matriarch William POTTER, b. Abt 1800, Moretonhampstead, Devon, England , d. 12 Feb 1880, Albion Place, Teign Street, West Teignmouth, Devon, England (Age ~ 80 years) (Great Grandfather)
Annie Mitchell HENDERSON, b. Abt 1888, d. 15 Jun 1966, New Zealand (Age ~ 78 years) (Mother)Person ID I300764 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 26 Apr 2022
Father James GOTHAM-POTTER, b. 27 Mar 1893, New Zealand , d. 9 Sep 1966, New Zealand (Age 73 years)
Other Partners: Ellen Elizabeth GODING m. 21 Aug 1918Mother Annie Mitchell HENDERSON, b. Abt 1888, d. 15 Jun 1966, New Zealand (Age ~ 78 years) Married 1919 New Zealand - From NZ BMD registrations online index (historical) - shows James Gotham POTTER married Annie Mitchell HENDERSON
Family ID F300267 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Myra Nora JORGENSEN, b. 27 Mar 1921, d. 27 Dec 2005, New Zealand (Age 84 years) Married 1938 New Zealand - From NZ BMD registrations online index (historical) - shows Myra Nora JORGENSEN married James Fredrick GOTHAM-POTTER
Children 2 children Last Modified 26 Jan 2021 Family ID F300268 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Event Map Click to hide Born - 4 Feb 1920 - New Zealand Married - 1938 - New Zealand Died - 2 Jun 1942 - New Zealand Buried - 4 Jun 1942 - O'Neill's Point Cemetery, 122, Bayswater Avenue, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand War Memorial - Aft 1972 - Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend