~~~~~~POTTS, Charles Dudley_Royal Australian Air Force_RAAF_World War Two_(Service)~~~~
Wife:--- (Phyllis) Mae Boothey married, 29th March 1941
RAAF Service No:--- 39872
Religion:--- not known
Trade/Calling:--- Cellarman
Martial status:--- married
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Phyllis Potts
Enlisted:--- 7th May 1941 in Strathalbyn, South Australia
Fate:--- Aircraftman Charles Dudley Potts was captured in Java, by Japanese Imperial Forces and interned in Serang, then Singapore, he died, when the unmarked transport Tamahoko Maru was torpedoed by USS Tang (SS-306) off Nagasaki en-route from Sumatra, whilst transporting prisoners of war to Japan. The Tamahoko Maru sank at co-ordinates: 32-24N, 129-38E
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea
Commemorated:--- Column 444, Singapore Memorial,Kranji, North West, Singapore.
Commemorated:--- Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance,.
Commemorated:--- Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial.
Commemorated:---Langhorne Creek WW2 Roll of Honour, Langhorne Creek War Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Strathalbyn RSL Hall Honour Board
Of the 17 RAAF Personnel known to be on board, 14 perished and 3 survived the sinking and the war.
Survivors:--- Warrant Officer:--- BARNES, James Dawson, #405034 / Corporal:--- DOWNIE, Richard Bowie, #34225 /:---Johnson 2301
~~~~~~~~~RAAF Personel who perished at sea after Tamahoko Maru was sunk, 24th June 1944.
Corporal:--- GIBBINS, Bruce Addison, # 3353
Corporal:--- McKEAN, George Norman, # 5651
Aircraftman:--- BUCHHORN, Maxwell Henry, # 8594
Aircraftman 1:--- POTTS, Charles Dudley, #39872 (8SQN)
Leading Aircraftman:--- JOEL, Robert Edmondson, #8814
Leading Aircraftman:--- PITTENDRIGH, James Leslie #15398
Leading Aircraftman:---BROWN, Ronald Edward, #17047
Leading Aircraftman:---STANFORD, Ernest Frederick , #27978
Leading Aircraftman:---BINNIE, Neil Arlie, #33659
Sergeant:--- LANDSBERG, James William, #404759
Sergeant:--- LEWIS, Harold Victor, #406146 (211SQN RAF)
Warrant Officer:--- TOOHEY, Brian Aloysius, #402758 (100SQN)
Warrant Officer:--- GREEN, John Joseph, #400951 (36SQN)
Warrant Officer:--- HOOPER, Dudley Reed, #404280 84SQN
Wife:--- (Phyllis) Mae Boothey married, 29th March 1941
RAAF Service No:--- 39872
Religion:--- not known
Trade/Calling:--- Cellarman
Martial status:--- married
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Phyllis Potts
Enlisted:--- 7th May 1941 in Strathalbyn, South Australia
Fate:--- Aircraftman Charles Dudley Potts was captured in Java, by Japanese Imperial Forces and interned in Serang, then Singapore, he died, when the unmarked transport Tamahoko Maru was torpedoed by USS Tang (SS-306) off Nagasaki en-route from Sumatra, whilst transporting prisoners of war to Japan. The Tamahoko Maru sank at co-ordinates: 32-24N, 129-38E
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea
Commemorated:--- Column 444, Singapore Memorial,Kranji, North West, Singapore.
Commemorated:--- Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance,.
Commemorated:--- Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial.
Commemorated:---Langhorne Creek WW2 Roll of Honour, Langhorne Creek War Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Strathalbyn RSL Hall Honour Board
Of the 17 RAAF Personnel known to be on board, 14 perished and 3 survived the sinking and the war.
Survivors:--- Warrant Officer:--- BARNES, James Dawson, #405034 / Corporal:--- DOWNIE, Richard Bowie, #34225 /:---Johnson 2301
~~~~~~~~~RAAF Personel who perished at sea after Tamahoko Maru was sunk, 24th June 1944.
Corporal:--- GIBBINS, Bruce Addison, # 3353
Corporal:--- McKEAN, George Norman, # 5651
Aircraftman:--- BUCHHORN, Maxwell Henry, # 8594
Aircraftman 1:--- POTTS, Charles Dudley, #39872 (8SQN)
Leading Aircraftman:--- JOEL, Robert Edmondson, #8814
Leading Aircraftman:--- PITTENDRIGH, James Leslie #15398
Leading Aircraftman:---BROWN, Ronald Edward, #17047
Leading Aircraftman:---STANFORD, Ernest Frederick , #27978
Leading Aircraftman:---BINNIE, Neil Arlie, #33659
Sergeant:--- LANDSBERG, James William, #404759
Sergeant:--- LEWIS, Harold Victor, #406146 (211SQN RAF)
Warrant Officer:--- TOOHEY, Brian Aloysius, #402758 (100SQN)
Warrant Officer:--- GREEN, John Joseph, #400951 (36SQN)
Warrant Officer:--- HOOPER, Dudley Reed, #404280 84SQN
~~~~~~POTTS, Charles Dudley_Royal Australian Air Force_RAAF_World War Two_(Service)~~~~
Wife:--- (Phyllis) Mae Boothey married, 29th March 1941
RAAF Service No:--- 39872
Religion:--- not known
Trade/Calling:--- Cellarman
Martial status:--- married
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Phyllis Potts
Enlisted:--- 7th May 1941 in Strathalbyn, South Australia
Fate:--- Aircraftman Charles Dudley Potts was captured in Java, by Japanese Imperial Forces and interned in Serang, then Singapore, he died, when the unmarked transport Tamahoko Maru was torpedoed by USS Tang (SS-306) off Nagasaki en-route from Sumatra, whilst transporting prisoners of war to Japan. The Tamahoko Maru sank at co-ordinates: 32-24N, 129-38E
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea
Commemorated:--- Column 444, Singapore Memorial,Kranji, North West, Singapore.
Commemorated:--- Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance,.
Commemorated:--- Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial.
Commemorated:---Langhorne Creek WW2 Roll of Honour, Langhorne Creek War Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Strathalbyn RSL Hall Honour Board
Of the 17 RAAF Personnel known to be on board, 14 perished and 3 survived the sinking and the war.
Survivors:--- Warrant Officer:--- BARNES, James Dawson, #405034 / Corporal:--- DOWNIE, Richard Bowie, #34225 /:---Johnson 2301
~~~~~~~~~RAAF Personel who perished at sea after Tamahoko Maru was sunk, 24th June 1944.
Corporal:--- GIBBINS, Bruce Addison, # 3353
Corporal:--- McKEAN, George Norman, # 5651
Aircraftman:--- BUCHHORN, Maxwell Henry, # 8594
Aircraftman 1:--- POTTS, Charles Dudley, #39872 (8SQN)
Leading Aircraftman:--- JOEL, Robert Edmondson, #8814
Leading Aircraftman:--- PITTENDRIGH, James Leslie #15398
Leading Aircraftman:---BROWN, Ronald Edward, #17047
Leading Aircraftman:---STANFORD, Ernest Frederick , #27978
Leading Aircraftman:---BINNIE, Neil Arlie, #33659
Sergeant:--- LANDSBERG, James William, #404759
Sergeant:--- LEWIS, Harold Victor, #406146 (211SQN RAF)
Warrant Officer:--- TOOHEY, Brian Aloysius, #402758 (100SQN)
Warrant Officer:--- GREEN, John Joseph, #400951 (36SQN)
Warrant Officer:--- HOOPER, Dudley Reed, #404280 84SQN
Wife:--- (Phyllis) Mae Boothey married, 29th March 1941
RAAF Service No:--- 39872
Religion:--- not known
Trade/Calling:--- Cellarman
Martial status:--- married
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Phyllis Potts
Enlisted:--- 7th May 1941 in Strathalbyn, South Australia
Fate:--- Aircraftman Charles Dudley Potts was captured in Java, by Japanese Imperial Forces and interned in Serang, then Singapore, he died, when the unmarked transport Tamahoko Maru was torpedoed by USS Tang (SS-306) off Nagasaki en-route from Sumatra, whilst transporting prisoners of war to Japan. The Tamahoko Maru sank at co-ordinates: 32-24N, 129-38E
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea
Commemorated:--- Column 444, Singapore Memorial,Kranji, North West, Singapore.
Commemorated:--- Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance,.
Commemorated:--- Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial.
Commemorated:---Langhorne Creek WW2 Roll of Honour, Langhorne Creek War Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Strathalbyn RSL Hall Honour Board
Of the 17 RAAF Personnel known to be on board, 14 perished and 3 survived the sinking and the war.
Survivors:--- Warrant Officer:--- BARNES, James Dawson, #405034 / Corporal:--- DOWNIE, Richard Bowie, #34225 /:---Johnson 2301
~~~~~~~~~RAAF Personel who perished at sea after Tamahoko Maru was sunk, 24th June 1944.
Corporal:--- GIBBINS, Bruce Addison, # 3353
Corporal:--- McKEAN, George Norman, # 5651
Aircraftman:--- BUCHHORN, Maxwell Henry, # 8594
Aircraftman 1:--- POTTS, Charles Dudley, #39872 (8SQN)
Leading Aircraftman:--- JOEL, Robert Edmondson, #8814
Leading Aircraftman:--- PITTENDRIGH, James Leslie #15398
Leading Aircraftman:---BROWN, Ronald Edward, #17047
Leading Aircraftman:---STANFORD, Ernest Frederick , #27978
Leading Aircraftman:---BINNIE, Neil Arlie, #33659
Sergeant:--- LANDSBERG, James William, #404759
Sergeant:--- LEWIS, Harold Victor, #406146 (211SQN RAF)
Warrant Officer:--- TOOHEY, Brian Aloysius, #402758 (100SQN)
Warrant Officer:--- GREEN, John Joseph, #400951 (36SQN)
Warrant Officer:--- HOOPER, Dudley Reed, #404280 84SQN
Inscription
"Known unto God" "Their glory shall not be blotted out."
Gravesite Details
Aircraftman 1st Class_POTTS, Charles Dudley_ Royal Australian Air Force._#39872. "The fortune of war, has denied this known and honoured, ANZAC, burial given to his comrades in death."
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