Frederick Stanley POTTS, Private

1907 - 1994  (86 years)

• Name	Frederick Stanley POTTS  [1]
  Suffix	Private
  Nickname	Fred
  Born	11 Oct 1907	Langhorne Creek SA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	WWII
  	B884 Army Citizen Military Forces. Serial No.S65488
  Military Service	1939-1945	WWII
  	Enlisted Strathalbyn SA Service No:65488, NOK Melba Potts, Series Description B884: Army Citizen Military Forces. email 'ask me" sent 30.8.2019 ljm asking date file is to be opened.
  Occupation	Labourer  [1]
  Died	9 Aug 1994  [1]
  Buried	Langhorne Creek SA   [1]
  Person ID	I-5566	Christina and Donald McLean | Ewen (Hugh the younger) McLean's descendants
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Louis Richmond POTTS, Private,   b. 6 Feb 1899, Tintinara SA ,   d. 1926, Langhorne Creek SA  (Age 26 years)
  Relationship	-1820
  Mother	Mary Eliza BURGESS
  Relationship	-1820
  Married	18 Jan1893	Adelaide SA   [3]
  Family ID	F-1820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Melba Agnes MCLEAN,   b. 23 Sep 1907, Strathalbyn SA ,   d. 10 Sep 1985, Langhorne Creek SA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	7 Apr 1928	Strathalbyn SA   [4]
  	SOURCE BRB: MARRIED St. Andrew's Presbyterian (now Uniting) Church Strathalbyn to Frederick Stanley (Fred) Potts (b. 11/10/1906 at Langhorne Creek), son of Louis Potts, and a member of the Potts family of the well known SA Bleasdale Winery. * DEATH: of her husband Fred Potts aged 87 years on 9/8/1994. interred with his wife Langhorne Creek Cemetery SA.
  Residence	1958	Langhorne Creek SA   [4]
  	In 1958 electoral rolls show Frederick Stanley and Melba Agnes Potts at Lot 61 Langhorne Creek.
  Children	1. Maureen Rhonda POTTS,   b. 23 Feb 1929, Langhorne Creek SA ,   d. 9 Sep 1972, Adelaide SA  (Age 43 years)   2. FM P
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2017 11:56:55
  Family ID	F-1819	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  BACK TO LANGHORNES CREEK celebration of return and opening of Memorial Hall 1838. Frederick POTTS middle row on R end. Who in fact later died of a GSW to thigh in WWI, died on sea trip return

  
  

• Sources

  [S-3] BRB 'Donald & Christina McLean & Their Descendants', 1995 copies available, Copies of the BRB available Strathalbyn National Trust Museum & Library, several libraries around Australia including State Library SA, and Western Australian Genealogical Society Bayswater WA Request assistance for locating a copy through 'Contact us' on this website. . [S-117] National Archive of Australia Military Records, https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=6416172&isAv=N, 19 Feb 2020 Researcher Lorna McLean. POTTS FREDERICK STANLEY : Service Number - S65488 : Date of birth - 11 Oct 1907 : Place of birth - LANGHORNES CREEK SA : Place of enlistment - STRATHALBYN : Next of Kin - POTTS MELBA [S-75] http://www.genealogysa.org.au requires login, 17.1.2017 Researcher Lorna McLean. married;1893 Reg; 174/203 POTTS Louis married BURGESS Mary Eliza in Adelaide SA.. All info now matching www. To be followed up to ensure generalisable to other evidence. [S-61] FM Susan Nicholls, nee Moore - ID 8186 -evidence pending.