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WHITE, Alfred Willis
Service Numbers: | 3312, 26753, S39353 |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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
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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