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WHITE , Alexander Henry

Service Number:	2402
Enlisted:	21 September 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	8th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1870
Home Town:	Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Grenville College, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Maltster
Died:	Killed In Action, The Nek, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915, aged 45 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Hampton RSL Gallipoli Memorial Gardens, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Marysville Gallipoli Park

Boer War Service

1 Jun 1899:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Sergeant, 2402, 4th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 8th Light Horse Regiment
25 Feb 1915:	Embarked 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
25 Feb 1915:	Involvement 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
22 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
27 Jun 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, SW to scalp
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lieutenant Colonel awm_died_date: 1915-08-07
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 8th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
5 Nov 1915:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Posthumous

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