Thomas Henry (Tom) WHITE

WHITE, Thomas Henry

Service Number: 2174
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
Born: Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 1892
Home Town: Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Painter
Died: 8 July 1954, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
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World War 1 Service

17 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 2174, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
17 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 2174, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

PRIVATE THOMAS H. WHITE.
Private Tom White is the only living member of a party of ten caught by a shell at Gallipoli. He was blinded, and his comrade, Pte. Matheson, met with a similar fate. Though from different States, Ptes. White and Matheson sailed from Australia in the same boat, were wounded on the same date, shipped to England together, and put up at the same hospital, and now are located at St. Dunstan's.
The have been visited by the King and Queen, and also by the late Lord Kitchener. On Anzac Day they occupied a post of honour in West
minster Abbey near Their Majesties. Pte. White is a son of Mr. W. White, of West's Pictures.

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Biography contributed by Glen White

Brother of William Hyndre White Service No. 2173.