WHITE, James
| Service Number: | 3285 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Grabben Gullen, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Catholic and Public School, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Motor driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium, 30 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31 , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crookwell War Memorial, Manly War Memorial NSW, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3285, 20th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3285, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 30 Sep 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 3285, 56th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3285 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-30 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Son of James and Teresa White, of Corso, Manly, New South Wales.
Address 5 High Street, Manly, New South Wales.
Age at embarkation 23
Next of kin stated at time of enlistment.
Father, J White, 5 High Street, Manly, New South Wales.
Enlistment date 21 August 1915
He embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 20 December 1915.
Connection with Nottingham in England not found except that apparently,his address given on enlistment was Mapperley, Nottingham. It is possible that the Australian soldier commemorated in Nottingham was George James White, Service Number 3218 born inNottinghamshire, England.