The memorial tablet dedicated to Alexander Peter Potts, R.A.A.F., is located in St John's Anglican Church at Taree, NSW. 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 Royal Australian Air Force 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 on 5 March 1944. He is buried in the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
A Tribute to our gallant dead
Written by B. R. Bradley ('Brad'), for F/O Peter Potts and his crew:
I stood upon a hilltop
The earth was spread below
I saw the row of crosses
Against the sunset's glow
I saw the silent splendour
In each military row
Tacked on the painted markers
Ave the shiny metal squares
Bearing full the tribute
That every airman wears
Life and death together
This comradeship he shares
And in the midst of rank
Among tlie stripes and braids
Lay the lowly airmen
Beneath the kunai blades.
Lay these noble men together
Regardless of their class
And so I saw to-day
A sight which gave me heart
I saw that God considers
Each man an equal part
And on the toad to Glory
Each man does equal start
Source: A TRIBUTE TO OUR GALLANT DEAD. (The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales, 3 Jun 1944)(Taree, NSW : 1898 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved November 30, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172171398