Trooper

James Pottinger

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Thomas Seatter Pottinger, of Bigswell, Stenness, Orkney. Born in Orkney Island, Scotland. Served in Egypt, 1915-16.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
9/1387
Name:
James Pottinger
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Thomas Pottinger (father), Stenness, Orkney, Scotland
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Care of J. Dickson, Otamita, Southland, New Zealand
Unit:
NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Otago Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Date of Death:
03 March 1920
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
25
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
6th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 August 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 27
HMNZT 28
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Lot 8.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
James Pottinger
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