George Oliver (Doc) WHITE

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WHITE, George Oliver

Service Number:	543
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, 27 October 1889
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 543, Morphettville, South Australia
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 543, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 543, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 543, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography

"PRIVATE G. O. WHITE.

Private George O. ("Doc.") White has been reported as missing. Private White was 25 years of age and up to the time of his enlistment in the First Contingent, worked in the South and Junction mines. He was a brother of Mr. W. White, employed at Pictureland, and a Miss Ivy White, of Melbourne, and a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. J. Finlay, of Cobalt-street, Railway Town." - from the Broken Hill Barrier Miner 18 Jul 1915 (nla.gov.au)

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