WHITE, William Forsyth
| Service Number: | 2209 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Edinburgh, Scotland, 4 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Casino, Richmond Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 50., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2209, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2209, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 22 and the son of Mary Forsyth Christie (formerly White), of The Manse, Kinlochleven, Argyll, Scotland, and the late James Bisset White.
He is remembered on the Gorebridge and Stobhill Great War Memorial, Midlothian.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Obituary : William Forsyth White - Australian Infantry, AIF [Dalkeith Advertiser 18 May 1916]: The death is now announced as having occurred in action on 8th August 1915 of William Forsyth White, of the Australian Imperial Force, who was previously reported wounded and missing. The deceased, who was a young man of much promise, was a stepson of the Rev. Robert Christie, M.A., East United Free Church, Gorebridge.
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