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WHITE, William David Hall
(Service number 23/642)

LCpl William David Hall White — (Supplement to the Auckland Weekly News, 17 May 1917, p.41 )

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #01)

Waimate War Memorial (right panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #02)

Aliases
First Rank	Lance Corporal	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Parsonage Road, Waimate, New Zealand
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs R.H. White (mother), Parsonage Road, Waimate, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	B Company
Date	9 October 1915
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	24 March 1917	Age
Place of Death	France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France
Memorial Reference	I V H 13
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Mrs R H White of Manse Street, Waimate, Canterbury

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database, April 2014

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