William Henry WHITE

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WHITE, William Henry

Service Number:	153
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia, 27 July 1871
Home Town:	Cunnamulla, Paroo, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker, Tobacco Grower
Died:	Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 12 April 1935, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Dunoon Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Plot: Section B, Plot 17
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 153, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 153, 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.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 153, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Willim Henry White was born on 27 Jul 1871 at Rylstone, New South Wales, a son to Abel White and Annie Jane White (nee Doyle). When he enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB he was residing at Cunnamulla, Queensland, and noted his N.O.K. as his father Abel White at Rylstone, NSW. He married twice, first to Alice Mabel Beardow in 1904 at Ballina, NSW and they had 6 children. Alice passed in 1921 after which William married for a second time in 1928 to Elizabeth F. M. McCallam at Grafton, NSW.

He was a baker by trade and following return from the war he had bakery businesses in NSW at Mullumbimby, Dunoon and The Channon. He was lastly involved in tobacco growing at Texas in Qld.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 496; Obituary- The Northern Star, 13 Apr 1935, p. 8).

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