Edward
Wilfred
Potter
Born in Yongala, Colony of South Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Potter
and Eliza (Miller) Potter
Brother of
Royden Frederick Potter, Thomas James Albert Potter, Herbert Benjamin Potter, Victor Ralph Potter, Francis Hurtle Constable Potter, Alma Catherine Eveline (Potter) Murphy and Olive Kathleen Edith Elizabeth (Potter) Lymburn
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 25
in Mouquet Farm, France
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jul 2016
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Biography
Edward Potter was born in the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)
Edward was born on 7 Mar 1891. He was the son of Benjamin Potter and Eliza Miller.[1][2] He passed away in 1916.
Military Service - World War 1
Edward Potter is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Edward Potter enlisted in WWI and was killed in action at Pozieres.
Sources
- ↑ Birth registration 475/381, Genealogy SA, online database, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php
- ↑ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sabmd&id=I187181
See also:
- Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, POTTER Edward Wilfred : Service Number 3738 National Archives Australia: 8016846 Item image
- Roll of Honour. (Australian War Memorial, http://www.awm.gov.au : accessed 3 Mar 2024) entry for Private Edward Wilfred Potter, Service number 3738, 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion Image
- Edward Wilfred Potter (Virtual War Memorial Australia, https://vwma.org.au : accessed 3 Mar 2024)
- Chonicle (Adelaide), 14 October 1916, The Late Private E.W. Potter, http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87524334#pstart8618201
- Australian Christian Commonwealth, 5 December 1919, The Four Potter Brothers of Yongala, http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/214562313
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Edward by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Edward:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Edward by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Edward:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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