John Edward POTTER [1905-1941] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

John Edward POTTER [1905-1941]

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Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2013-08-06 16:27
Names
Given: 
John Edward
Family: 
Potter
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1905-04-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Leicester
Birthplace (country): 
England
Death
Date: 
1941-12-25
Tags: 
HKVDC
Connections: 
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Submitted by annpake on Wed, 2021-04-14 01:47.

UK Foreign and Overseas Registers

Company Sergeant Major John Edward Potter HKVDC killed in action 24 (sic)  December 1941 Leigh and Orange Architects

Find a Grave

Warrant Officer Class II (C.S.M.) John Edward Potter Death date 25(sic)  December 1941 Sai Wan Memorial

Probate Calendar 1947

John Edward Potter of P&O Buildings DesVoeux Road Hong Kong died 24 December 1941

Passenger List Hong Kong to San Francisco 25 April 1936

John Edward Potter age 30 architect born Leicester

UK Birth Index 

John Edward Potter birth registered  Quarter 2 1905 Leicester 

 

Submitted by David on Mon, 2021-04-19 13:34.

He isn't mentioned in the Jurors lists for 1941 or 1935 (we don't have the intermediate years online yet), but he does appear in the 1934 list:

c   Potter John Edward Architect Leigh & Orange   On premises

 

The list of casualties published in 1942 gives his date of death as 24 Dec 1941:

HKVDC Potter J E CSM   1941-12-24 killed   14