Horatio (Horace) WHITE

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WHITE, Horatio

Service Number:	4601
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Adelaide, South Australia, 2 June 1877
Home Town:	Norwood (SA), South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds while a Prisoner of War, France, 19 December 1917, aged 40 years
Cemetery:	Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, la Gorgue
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

7 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 4601, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 4601, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Heather Ernszt

Horatio White was born to parents William White and Kate Mitchell.

Horatio was the third of 4 sons born, and he had 6 sisters.

Horatio married Elsie May Bradshaw on the 8th April 1905. They were the parents of a daughter Edna. Elsie May died on the 2 July 1957 at the age of 74 years.

Horatio's younger brother, Corporal Cyril White of the 27th Battalion also enlisted and was killed on the 26th March 1917.

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