WHITE, Alan Maxwell
| Service Number: | 573 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 4 September 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 21 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 9 March 1916 |
| Home Town: | Aldgate, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Rostrevor College |
| Occupation: | Book-keeper Wirrealpa Station |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Malaya, 14 December 1941, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blinman & District WW2 Roll of Honour, Blinman Boer War, WW1 & WW2 Honour Rolls, Rostrevor College WW2 Memorial Plaques, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 573 | |
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| 4 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 573, No. 21 Squadron (RAAF), Point Cook, Vic. | |
| 4 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 573 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Lieutenant Alan Maxwell White 573 was shot down while flying 21SQN Brewster Buffalo aircraft AN201 near Ipoh, Malaya - he is mentioned in the book "Buffaloes over Singapore" by Brian Cull - commemorated on the Singapore Memorial
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas Edward and Marcella Augusta White, of North Adelaide, South Australia.
FLIGHT-LIEUT. A. M. WHITE.
ADVICE has been received by Mrs. Marcelle White, "Araluen", Aldgate, that her younger son, Alan Max well White ("Max"), aged 25, Flight Lieutenant with the R.A.A.F., Malaya, was recently reported missing, is now believed to have lost his life as a result of air operations in the vicinity of Alor Star Road, on December 17, 1941.
Flight-Lieut. A. M. White joined the Permanent Air Force just before the war. He trained at Toint Cook, Mascot, and Laverton; after obtaining his wings he was sent to Singapore in August, 1940. Latterly he was stationed at Penang. He is the son of the late Thomas Edward White, and was born in Parkes, N.S.W., in 1916. He received his education at Christian Brothers' College, Rostrevor. Flight-Lieut. A. M. White is a great-grandson of the late Thomas White, a pioneer of the Millicent district; and a grandson of the late Michael White, of Emerald, Millicent.
On his maternal side he came of an old pioneering family, of the Hunter River Valley, N.S.W.
Before joining the Air Force, Flight-Lieut. White was for some time bookkeeper on Wirrealpa Station. His brother, Sgt. Wireless Air Gunner Anthony H. White, is with the R.A.A.F. in England.
Deep sympathy is here extended to his bereaved mother, his brother, and his friends.
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