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WHITE, Richard Thomas
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5963 |
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Enlisted: | 1 February 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Paddington, New South Wales, 23 August 1897 |
Home Town: | Beechwood, Port Macquarie-Hastings, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Beechwood Public School |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 February 1917, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery Grave IV, Section B Row, Plot No 14, Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Oxley Island Soldiers Great War Honor Roll, Taree War Memorial Clock Tower |
Service History
World War 1 Service
1 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5963, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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7 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5963, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
7 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5963, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
26 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5963, 18th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages |
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Son of Richard and Euphemia Jane White, of High St., Taree, New South Wales