WHITE, John Alexander
(Service number 2/1126)
| First Rank | Gunner | Last Rank | Sergeant |
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Birth
| Date | 18/11/1882 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Durie Street, Durie Hill, Wanganui | ||
| Occupation | Farm labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs K. WHITE (mother), Durie Street, Durie Hill, Wanganui | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 2nd Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | New Zealand Field Artillery | ||
| Date | 24 December 1914 | ||
| Transport | Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 17 October 1961 | Age | 79 years |
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| Place of Death | Wanganui | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Wanganui Old Catholic Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
John Alexander White, known as Alec, and at his death as Ally, was the son of Alfred and Catherine (née Walsh) White. In 1918 at Hebuterne he was awarded the Military Medal. This "old Geraldine boy" was remembered at a function of the Geraldine Patriotic Committee in in August 1918. Alec lost the sight of one eye in the war. He returned to Geraldine in May 1919, when the Mayor remarked that "Sergeant White had returned with the mark of the beast upon him, but he hoped he would soon get rid of his wounds." Alec's father, an architect, died in 1897 and is buried at Geraldine with the eldest son who died a year earlier.. Some years later his mother and several of the family, including Alec, moved to Wanganui. Alec married Frances Jane Stewart in 1920. His youngest brother, Thomas Ernest White, was died of wounds in 1917 in France and a nephew Leo Orton White was killed in action in November 1918 in France.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 May 2018]; Temuka Leader, 10 August 1918, Timaru Herald, 8 May 1919 (Papers Past) [22 May 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [29 May 2018]; Wanganui Cemetery record [29 May 2018]
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