His story
He served as a private in the Army Veterinary Corps, under service number SE/9913. His recorded unit was 31st Mobile Sect.
He died on 23 December 1917. He is buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt. His recorded grave or panel reference is VII. E. 22.
The War Office Weekly Casualty List of 12 February 1918 gave Picton, New South Wales, as the home of his next of kin.
Before the war
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- SE/9913
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- 31st Mobile Sect
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 23 December 1917
- Cemetery or memorial
- Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt
- Grave reference
- VII. E. 22.
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
- War Office Weekly Casualty List No. 28, 12 February 1918, page 11
- Research record number: 280
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Walter Jeffery Potter”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/potter-walter-jeffery-se-9913/.
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