Robert Eden WHITE

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WHITE, Robert Eden

Service Number:	VX26807
Enlisted:	14 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd later 2nd/3rd Light (later Composite) Anti Aircraft Regiment
Born:	Violet Town, Victoria, Australia, 18 July 1908
Home Town:	Boho, Benalla, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Armadale, Western Australia, 20 July 1950, aged 42 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

14 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX26807
14 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, VX26807, 3rd later 2nd/3rd Light (later Composite) Anti Aircraft Regiment
10 Apr 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, VX26807, 3rd later 2nd/3rd Light (later Composite) Anti Aircraft Regiment, ex Sydney per HMT MM to Middle East
1 Nov 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, VX26807, 3rd later 2nd/3rd Light (later Composite) Anti Aircraft Regiment, ex Townsville per Taroona to Oro Bay
11 May 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, VX26807, 3rd later 2nd/3rd Light (later Composite) Anti Aircraft Regiment, ex Oro Bay per BOTH to Townsville
16 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX26807
16 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, VX26807, 3rd later 2nd/3rd Light (later Composite) Anti Aircraft Regiment
Date unknown:	Involvement Gunner, VX26807, 3rd later 2nd/3rd Light (later Composite) Anti Aircraft Regiment

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Robert was the eldest of four children of George Frederick White (born 1881 in Violet Town, Victoria) and first wife Jenny Lord (born 1880 in Melbourne, Victoria). In 1907 George was a Farmer at Boho via Violet Town, Victoria when he married Jenny (a Music Teacher). They settled in Violet Town, Victoria where George was a Grazier. Following Jenny's death in 1916, George remarried in 1918 to Florence Jessie Smith.

Robert was a Farmer/Grazier in Violet Town, Victoria when he enlisted in the Australian Army in June 1940. He served as a Gunner (Service No:VX26807) with 2/3 Australian Light Anti Tank Regiment RAA in the Middle East (1941/1942) and New Guinea (1943/1944). He was Discharged in October 1945. Brothers James Edwin (Private, Service No:VX30203) and Alexander George (Gunner, Service No:VX26804/Aircraftman, Service No:429757), Brother-in-Law Ronald Mckenzie Nash (Driver; Service No:VX44250) and Wife Ada Isabel Ellis (Aircraftwoman; Service No:F103722) also served in WWII.

In 1946 Robert was in Perth, WA when he married Ada Isabel Ellis (born 1912 in Perth, WA). Ada was a Shop Assistant and Robert a Contractor - they lived in Wundowie and Armadale, WA. Robert died in 1950 and Ada in 1962.

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