WHITE, William
| Service Number: | 143 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 October 1915, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Everton, Lancashire, England, 5 November 1889 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plasterer |
| Died: | Natural causes (ruptured aorta), Woy Woy, New South Wales, 30 August 1976, aged 86 years |
| Cemetery: |
Point Clare General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Lawn 6, Row 4, Plot 2 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 143, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 143, 9th Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 143, 9th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 18 Mar 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 2 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 143, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
William WHITE was born on 5th November, 1889 in Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
His parents were Michael WHITE and Maria HEMER
He was living in the Peoples Palace in Pitt St Sydney when he first enlisted on 4th October, 1915 and was later rejected due to eyesight problems and then re-enlisted in Rutherford, NSW on 14th April, 1916 and re-attested - his service was later confirmed as having started in 1915 & taken into account
William embarked on 1st May, 1916 with the 9th Machine Gun Company, 9th Infantry Brigade on the ship HMAS Benalla
He was taken on strength of 9th Machine Gun Company from Cooking School on 28th October, 1916 in Weymouth, England. On 9th December, 1916 he was injured with burns to his hands and sent to the hospital in the field. Subsequenty he was given leave to England and rejoined his unit at Le Havre
He returned to Australia on the HT Ypiringa on 15th November, 1919 and arrived back on 9th January, 1920 - he was awarded the British War Medal, the Victory Medal & a Medallion for War Effort
He married Ethel Elizabeth INCE on 4th January, 1922 in Gloucester, NSW and had two children, Harold William & Beryl May.
William died from a ruptured aorta at Woy Woy on 30th August, 1976 and is buried in Point Clare Cemetery near Gosford, NSW
MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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