Flying Officer Peter Potts Memorial Tablet

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This white marble memorial tablet is dedicated to Alexander Peter Potts of the Royal Australian Air Force (R.A.A.F.), who fell in the Second World War. It is inscribed in black, with a small gold cross at the top.  The Northern Champion, 24 January 1945, reported the tablet was unveiled and dedicated by the Rector Reverend Walter Latham at a special service on 23 December 1944. Potts was born in Leichhardt, NSW, on 6 July 1919 and enlisted in the R.A.A.F. on 26 May 1940 in Sydney. As a Flying Officer in the 100 Squadron, he was killed in a flying accident on Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papuan Island, Papua New Guinea. He is buried in the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The memorial is located inside St John's Anglican Church, Taree. Access to the memorial is restricted to the opening hours of the church.