WHITE, Charles Roger
| Service Number: | W34779 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Goomalling, Western Australia, 29 October 1922 |
| Home Town: | Goomalling, Goomalling, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Milk Carter |
| Died: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 1 February 1966, aged 43 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W34779 | |
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| 27 Jan 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W34779 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Charles was the fourth of seven children of George Nicols White (b1894 in Northampton, WA) and Helena Bridget Elizabeth Hennessy (b1890 in Toodyay, WA). George (a Teamster) and Helena (a Farmer) married in 1917 in Goomalling, WA where they settled and raised their family. George served in WWI (Private; Service No:6904) and WWII (Private; Service No:W27633) and worked as a Teamster, Tractor Driver and Farmer at Grange Clare Farm in Goomalling, WA.
Charles was a Milk Carter in Goomalling in 1941 when he enlisted in the ACMF (Private; Service No:W34779). He served with 16th Infantry Battalion and 24 Coy AASC and was Discharged in 1944. In 1948 Charles married Gloria June in Wyalcathum, WA and the couple settled in Goomalling and Korrelocking where Charles was a farmer until the early 1960s when they relocated to Perth. George worked as a Dresser until his death in 1966. Gloria remarried and died in 2016.
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