WHITE, David Henry
| Service Number: | 4908 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, October 1892 |
| Home Town: | Dora Creek, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wickham Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France , 15 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dora Creek WW1 Honour Roll, Sydney NSW Post Master General's Department Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4908, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4908, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4908, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 4908, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4908 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 15th May 1917, Private David Henry White, 54th Battalion (Reg No-4908), butcher from Dora Creek, New South Wales, was possibly Killed in Action by an enemy artillery shell, 2nd Battle of Bullecourt, France, age 25.
Born at Wickham, New South Wales about October 1892 to Captain George Phillip (died 9.7.1910, Brunker Road, Hamilton West, N.S.W., age 56, buried on the Sunday afternoon of the 10th July 1910, no funeral notice), and Charlotte Sophia White (died 2.7.1941, Warren Avenue, New Lambton, N.S.W., age 79, mother of 9, late of Dora Creek, N.S.W.), Dave enlisted on the 22nd August with the 2nd Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A15 Star of England on the 8th March 1916.
Transferred to 54th Battalion 20.4.1916.
Wounded in action - 20.7.1916 (GSW buttocks and hip, severe, left shoulder, Battle of Fromelles).
Transferred to England 21.7.1916.
Granted furlough from the 20.10.1916 to 4.11.1916.
Mr. White’s name has been inscribed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.
Place of Association – Dora Creek, New South Wales, Australia.
Dave’s name has also been inscribed on the Book of Gold, Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1), and the Dora Creek WW1 Honour Roll.
Unfortunately, there is no memorial inscription at the White gravesite to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of Dave’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 1-51. 76.
4 brothers served 1st A.I.F.
Younger brother Charles John White (born 2.1.1895, Carrington, N.S.W., lineman from Dora Creek, New South Wales, enlisted 17.10.1915, 18th Battalion, Reg No-4743, RTA 2.8.1916, died?, not officially commemorated).
Younger brother Frederick Phillip White (born 6.6.1897, Manning River, N.S.W. as Frederick, shop assistant from Dora Creek, New South Wales, enlisted 18.7.1915, 19th Battalion, Reg No-2866, wounded in action - 29.9.1916 (shell shock), 17.7.1918 (gas), RTA 14.3.1919, 3rd Battalion, died?, not officially commemorated).
Older brother George Frederick White (born 8.4.1884, Newcastle, N.S.W., married head shunter from 11 Anderton Street, Islington, New South Wales, enlisted 24.8.1914, 2nd Battalion, an Original Anzac, Reg No-118 & 7790, RTA 5.7.1918, died?, not officially commemorated).
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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