WHITE, Henry Edward
| Service Number: | 807 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1914, 2nd Battalion, AIF, fought in Gallipoli |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Willesden, Middlesex, England, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Coonamble, Coonamble, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Laborer/Painter/Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, Egypt, 4 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 807, 2nd Battalion, AIF, fought in Gallipoli | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 807, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 807, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Mainwaring
Grew up in Willesden, Middlesex, England. The third of five children born to William Walter White and Eliza Ann White (nee Nurton). Served as a private in the London Rifle Brigade in 1906. Worked as a painter before moving to Australia in 1913. He enlisted in August 1914 and was sent first to the Suez canal before going to Gallipoli. He was a bugler in the 2 battalion, 1st Brigade. He was killed on 3 May. His older brother William Walter White Jr. who was in the British army, later fought in Gallipoli before also being killed in action in Belgium later in 1915. He kept a "mad coin" (a term used to describe rare coins that were malformed during minting) as his "lucky coin." A colleague retained it as a memento after he was killed. His either items (a card case, and a knife) were returned to his parents who also received his 25 pound war pension as he was unmarried.
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