William Ross WHITE

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Service Number:	SX3811
Enlisted:	28 May 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia, 31 May 1912
Home Town:	Brompton, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness, New Guinea, 29 December 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 1. Row E. Grave 26. Inscription: "HE DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY THAT WE MIGHT LIVE".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

28 May 1940:	Involvement Private, SX3811, 27th Infantry Battalion
28 May 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
28 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX3811, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
29 Dec 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Nature of death: Scrub Typhus.
Date unknown:	Involvement

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