WHITE, Charles Edward
| Service Number: | 3169 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yass New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Yass, Yass Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Wounds, United Kingdom, 23 May 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Section IV, Row E, Grave 20 Epitaphy reads "May His Soul Rest In Peace" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yass & District WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3169, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3169, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 23rd May…… Charles Edward White was born at Yass, New South Wales on 30th September, 1899.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 31st August, 1916 (according to one form) & re-attested on 19th January, 1917 at Yass, stating he was a 19 year old, single, Labourer from Gum Creek, Boambola Roadside, via Yass, N.S.W.
Private Charles Edward White, Service number 3169, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on HMAT Anchises (A68) on 24th January, 1917 with the 34th Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcements & disembarked at Devonport, England on 27th March, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was marched in to A.I.F. Details at Fovant, Wiltshire on 2nd April, 1917 from Australia ex Isolation at Plymouth then on 7th April, 1917 Private White marched out from A.I.F. Details at Fovant to 9th Training Battalion at Durrington Camp, Wiltshire.
On 28th April, 1917 Private White was transferred to 63rd Battalion from 34th Battalion. He was taken on strength of 63rd Battalion at Windmill Hill on 28th April, 1917.
Private Charles Edward White proceeded overseas to France on 23rd August, 1917 to reinforce 34th Battalion (having been declared medically fit on 10th August, 1917). He was marched in the 3rd A.D.B.D. (Australian Divisional Base Depot) at Rouelles, France on 24th August, 1917 & was marched out from 3rd A.D.B.D. for the Front on 31st August, 1917. Private White was taken on strength of 34th Battalion in the Field on 2nd September, 1917.
He reported sick on 12th October, 1917 & was admitted to 1st New Zealand Field Ambulance on 18th October, 1917. Private White was transferred the same day to 44th Casualty Clearing Station & was transferred to Ambulance Train on 18th October, 1917. He was admitted to 11th Stationary Hospital at Rouen, France on 19th October, 1917 with Trench Feet. He was transferred to England on Hospital Ship St. George on 23rd October, 1917.
On 24th October, 1917 Private White was admitted to Reading War Hospital, England with Trench Feet (slight). The Hospital Admissions for recorded he had contracted Trench Feet at Ypres on 17th October, 1917 then on 22nd November, 1917 he developed Appendicitis & had an Appendectomy.
Private White was transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield, Middlesex, England on 4th January, 1918 from Reading War Hospital. He was discharged to furlo from 7th January, 1918 to 21st January, 1918 & was then to report to No. 1 Command Depot.
He was marched in to No. 1 Command Depot at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 23rd January, 1918 from Administrative Headquarters, London & furlo. Private White was medically classified as B1 A 2 (fit for Overseas Training Camp in 3 – 4 weeks).
On 14th February, 1918 Private White proceeded overseas to France from Overseas Training Brigade at Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire. He was marched in to A.I.B.D. (Australian Infantry Base Depot) at Rouelles, France on 15th February, 1918. He was marched out from A.I.B.D. on 17th February, 1918 for the Front & rejoined 34th Battalion in the Field on 21st February, 1918.
Private Charles Edward White was wounded in action on 2/5th April, 1918 (date as per Casualty Form – Active Service). He was admitted to 7th Field Ambulance on 6th April, 1918 with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to Chest then transferred & admitted to 46th Casualty Clearing Station. Private White was transferred to Ambulance Train on 9th April, 1918 & admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital on 6th* April, 1918 (* date as per Casualty Form – Active Service). He was transferred to Ambulance Train 15 on 17th April, 1918 & was invalided to England on Hospital Ship Cambria on 18th April, 1918.
He was admitted to The King George Hospital, London, England on 18th April, 1918 with G.S.W. to Chest penetrating the Spine & Paraplegia. Private White was reported to be dangerously ill on 19th April, 1918.
Private Charles Edward White died at 6.10 am on 23rd May, 1918 at The King George Hospital, London, England from wounds received in action – G.S.W. (Gunshot wound/s) to Spine & Paraplegia.
He was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England where around 360 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/tu---z.html
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