POTTENGER R.

Given Names:  Rupert Henry

Service Number:  29

Unit:  2nd Field Company Engineers                                                                                

Rank:  Sapper 

Paybook Number:  32583

Age:  19 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Dynamo Attendant                                                                                     

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8½ In                  

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  36 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  21/8/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  John Pottenger

, , Western Australia                                                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  21/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Orvieto A3

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Lyttleton                                   

Embarked:  23/10/1918                             

Disembarked:  25/12/1918

Unit:  15th Field Company Engineers                                                                                              

Rank:  Corporal

Discharge Date:  20/3/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  3510

British War Medal:  4209

Victory Medal:  4215

Other:    Military Medal

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1895

Place:  Sydney, New South Wales            

Father:  John Gale POTTENGER              

Mother:  Harriett FRANCIS

MARRIAGE

Year:  1920     

Place:             

Spouse: Jeanne Grace COOK

DEATH

Date or Year: 23/12/1966                        

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Was recommended for a Distinguished Conduct Medal, but awarded Military Medal

Military Medal - recommendation for continued coolness, gallantry and marked devotion to duty under enemy shell and machine gun fire betwen Morlancourt and Ville-sur-Angre on the nights of 26, 27, 28 June 1918 and 1 July 1918

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

COMMENTS

Address on enlistment 686 Malvern Road, Toorak - later 111 Cotham Road, Kew