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Edwin Augustus (Gus) WHITE Update Details

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WHITE, Edwin Augustus

Service Number:	1570
Enlisted:	14 March 1915, Tatura, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Frankston, Victoria, 1894
Home Town:	Merrigum, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling:	Merrigum South State School
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 4 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Merrigum District of Merrigum Roll of Honor, Merrigum War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

14 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Tatura, Victoria
8 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1570, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
8 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1570, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne

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