James Joseph WHITE

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Service Number:	541
Enlisted:	16 March 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 30 April 1895
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Died of wounds, Lijssenthoek, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor

16 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 541, 24th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 541, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 541, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
30 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 541, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
27 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 541, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 541, 24th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 541, 24th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 541, 24th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 541, 24th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, SW to abdomen. Evacuated to 10th CCS at Lijssenthoek, where he died of his wounds the next day 5 October 1917.

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Pte 541 James White was wounded at Broodseinde Ridge (SW to abdomen) on 4 October 1917.

He was evacuated to the 10th CCS situated at Lijssenthoek, where he died of his wounds the next day 5 October 1917.