George Henry WHITE MID

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WHITE, George Henry

Service Number:	202
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	1875, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Gympie, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Mokari Drift, Caledon River, Naledi, Xhariep, Free State, South Africa, 27 September 1901
Cemetery:	Vanstadensrus Municipal Cemetery, Free State, South Africa
Memorials:	Anzac Square Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gympie Boer War Honour Roll

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 202
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 202, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 202, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
27 Sep 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 202, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 597 and 541 notes Killed in Action at Mokari Drift, Caledon River 27 Sep 1901.
3 Dec 1901:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mention in despatches, London Gazette, 3 Dec 1901, p. 8555.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When George Henry White enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father J. White, Horseshoe Bend, Gympie. His death (K.I.A.) in South Africa in Sep 1901 was reported in "Notes and News" in The Gympie Times, 5 Oct 1901 in which it ws noted he was 26 years of age (b. abt. 1875), and was the son of James White, storekeeper, Horse Shoe Bend.

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