Alfred Willis WHITE DCM MM

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WHITE, Alfred Willis

Service Numbers:	3312, 26753, S39353
Enlisted:	10 August 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ridleyton, South Australia, Australia, 31 January 1897
Home Town:	Ridleyton, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Public School
Occupation:	Engine cleaner SAR
Died:	Springbank, SA, 14 November 1960, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: KO, Road: 15A, Site No: 46
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

10 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 12th Infantry Battalion
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3312, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3312, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 3312, 50th Infantry Battalion
1 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3312, Returned to Australia

World War 2 Service

11 Jun 1940:	Involvement Sergeant, 26753
11 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide
11 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 26753
14 Oct 1941:	Discharged
16 Oct 1941:	Involvement Lieutenant, S39353
16 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
16 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, S39353
10 Jun 1942:	Discharged
10 Jun 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, S39353

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BIRTH RECORD

ID: I383946
Name: Alfred Willis WHITE
Sex: M
Birth: 31 Jan 1897 in Ridleyton, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Death: Y
Note: Birth record - Father : Stephen WHITE. Mother: Sarah Elizabeth GURNEY. Source : South Australian Births 1842 - 1906 Book: 598 Page: 111 District: Hin

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sabmd&id=I383946

SERGEANT A. W. WHITE, M.M.

Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), Saturday 22 September 1917, page 42

ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
SERGEANT A. W. WHITE, M.M.

Mr. and Mrs. S. White, of Railway terrace, Ridleyton, have received word that their son, Sergeant A. W. White, 52nd. Infantry, has been awarded the Military Medal in connection with the battle of Messines.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87410156

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