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WHITE, Gordon Wellesley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5455 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916, Blackboy Hill, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Hallett, South Australia, 9 April 1889 |
| Home Town: | Clare, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Stanley Flat State School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper, Westonia, Western Australia |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balaklava Anglican Church WW1 Honour Board, Clare WW1 Memorial Arch, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
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World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 5455, Blackboy Hill, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 17 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5455, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5455, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle | |
| 13 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 5455, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Bullecourt (First), KIA | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 5455, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5455 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-11 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 5455, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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