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WHITE, Leo Orton
(Service number 64185)

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First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Tramway employee
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs B.A. White (mother), 197 Victoria Avenue, Wanganui, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 32nd Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Date 16 November 1917
Transport Willochra
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination Liverpool, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Military Awards

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Military Awards

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Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
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Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 4 November 1918 Age 20
Place of Death Le Quesnoy, France
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Memorial Reference I. B. 15.
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Leo White was the son of William Henry and Bessie Annie White, of 8 Smithfield Rd, Gonville, Wanganui, New Zealand.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database, April 2014

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