James Edwin WHITE

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Service Number:	1475
Enlisted:	1 February 1901
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Born:	Boho, Victoria, Australia , 12 September 1881
Home Town:	Violet Town, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Porter
Died:	Killed in Action, Middle Kraal, South Africa, 29 May 1901, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Old Middelburg Municipal Cemetery, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), South Melbourne Boer War Commemorative Drinking Fountain, Violet Town Boer War Memorial

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1475
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 1475, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
1 Feb 1901:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1475, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
15 Feb 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1475, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, SS Orient.
29 May 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1475, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Killed in Action.

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