WHITE, John Henry
| Service Number: | 364 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 October 1886 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery, Victoria Catholic section. Buried with his mother and elder sister. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 364, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 364, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 3 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 364, 29th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound, right arm | |
| 4 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 364, 29th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wounds, shoulder, right ear and hand | |
| 25 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 364, 29th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wounds, right shoulder and back | |
| 10 Sep 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 364, 29th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia | |
| 10 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 364, 29th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Rob Gray
Joined the AIF on the same day as his brother Stephen George and was, with his brother, assigned to A Coy, 29th Bn. John was allocated 364 as his regimental number. He was entered as a Corporal, presumably in respect of his considerable pre-war service in the Citizens Forces - four years’ service with the 6th Australian Infantry Regiment and four years with No. 5 Battery, Australian Field Artillery.
John never married. He had a close relationship with his brother's - William Joseph White - son, William Paul White, who served in the 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion in the Second World War.
John is buried with his mother - Annie Josephine White, died 29 May 1919 - and his older sister, Louisa May, who predeceased him on 11 June 1904.
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