WHITE, Edwin James
| Service Number: | 143 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Boyanup, Western Australia, 9 May 1896 |
| Home Town: | Boyanup, Capel, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Boyanup State School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Sleeper hewer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Tree Plaque: |
Boyanup Avenue of Honour
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| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boyanup Avenue of Honour, Boyanup War Memorial, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 8 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 143, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 143, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 143, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 143 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Edwin was one of the 10th Light Regiment killed in action at the famous charge at the Nek on Gallipoli on 7 August 1915. Over 80 men of the Regiment died in a few minutes during a brave but futile assault on the Turkish trenches. Historian Charles Bean wrote that with that regiment went the flower of WA youth, sons of old pioneering families who flocked to Perth to enlist at the outbreak of the war. Edwin was 19 years of age.
He gave his next of kin as his grandmother on his mother’s side, however his mother Eliza eventually received his medals.
Edwin’s older brother, 5469 Pte. Laurence John White 16th Battalion AIF, was awarded a Military Medal for bravery as a stretcher bearer during 1917. He was eventually killed in action in Belgium, 4 February 1918, aged 23.
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