WHITE, Edward Charles Vincent
| Service Number: | 4792 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4792, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4792, 24th 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, 4792, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Edward Charles Vincent White was married with four children when he enlisted during 1916. His wife was Annie Matilda White and she lived in Armadale, Victoria during the war. In his service file an account says Edward was known as ‘Alphabet’ to his mates. One stated he had seen his body laying out near the German wire during the heavy fighting at Bullecourt on 3 May 1917.
His wife, Annie, wrote numerous letters to Base Records attempting to find out more information on his fate, she mentioned in one that she had dreamt he was a prisoner of war in Belgium. Base Records really didn’t have any further information. Annie and the four children were all granted pensions.
His younger brother, 3503 Pte. George Hector White 6th Battalion AIF, had been killed in action 15 May 1916, aged 22.
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