Information supplie by Sardra Lees:
Lieutenant Vivian Harold POTTER 17938
Auckland Regiment
Died 19 November 1968, Aged 90
Also served in the Boer war Reg No. 4045 7th Contingent; Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant
Born 23 October 1878, Hamilton
Married Lillah COLEMAN at Waihi In Jan 1904
Occupation before enlist for WW1: Bullion smelter
Last employer: Waihi Grand Junction
March 1918 - Granted leave indefinitely due to Sciatica
Photographs of Vivian:
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aucklandcity.govt.nz%2Fdbtw-wpd%2FHeritageImages%2Findex.htm&AC=QBE_QUERY&TN=heritageimages&QF0=ID&NP=4&RF=HIORecord&QI0=31-P2430
and
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“He was favourably reported …on the 23rd August 1917 …as painstaking in the manner in which he carried out all transport duties allotted him, and that he was most efficient as an instructor.”
Letters In his military file show he was applying to move to Ranfurly soldiers home in Auckland around 1967
His Cenotaph database record:
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/79053.detail?Ordinal=1&c_serialnumber_search=17938
His military records are online:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20522880&digital=yes
Vivian at one time had a good singing voice
Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 92, 19 April 1900, Page 3
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19000419.2.28&srpos=4&e=-------100--1-byDA---2vivian+potter--
and
Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9644, 22 May 1900, Page 3
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=THS19000522.2.18&srpos=5&e=-------100--1-byDA---2vivian+potter--
Member of the Waihi Literary and Debating Society
Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 171, 20 July 1900, Page 6
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Vivian on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Harold_Potter
Candidate for the Roskill seat in politics:
Observer, Volume XL, Issue 16, 20 December 1919, Page 9
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Mentioned again as M.P.
Observer, Volume XL, Issue 25, 21 February 1920, Page 10
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TO19200221.2.19&srpos=10&e=-------100--1-byDA---2vivian+potter--
An acquaintance has done a blogpost on Vivians father Albert’s life which gives more information on Vivian:
http://timespanner.blogspot.com/2010/08/life-and-times-of-albert-potter-c1820.html
Images of his grave at Mangere Lawn Cemetery, Kirkbride Road, Mangere, Auckland taken 3 January 2012:
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