WHITE, John James
| Service Number: | 4802 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 February 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Baringhup, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Briagolong, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No 28A |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Briagolong War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4802, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4802, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4802, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 4802, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4802 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Arabella Beddoe White and the late Charles White; Wife: Lillian Isabella White, 'Durban', Foster Street, Aspendale, Victoria
"DEEP PEACE OF THE QUIET EARTH SO FAR FROM THE LAND THAT GAVE YOU BIRTH"
Originally listed as 'No known grave' and recorded on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux. Grave discovered in 1994.
WHITE.—Killed in action, in France, on the 2nd May, Sergeant John James White, loving husband of Lillian, and loving daddy of Colin and Myrle, aged 29 years.
One of the best.
Dead, did you say? Nay, only Heaven sped;
Just safe in God's home port, he is not dead,
Lost, did you think? How can such lives be lost?
Just gathered up, His jewels rare of cost.
Gone? Nay, just waiting on God's wide shoreline
The coming of life vessels.—yours and mine.
—(Inserted by his sorrowing wife.)
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